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October 18, 2026
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Lightroom Classic v 15.6 missing categories in Menu on opening

Every time I open Lightroom Classic v15.6 I am missing Develop, Photo, Settings, Tools and View unless I click somewhere on the screen. They will then appear but I have to do that a few times before they actually stay visible. Never had this issue previously and it is mighty irritating when I am trying to edit photos. I am working on a Mac, Apple M4 chip, version 27.0.1.

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    Community Expert
    October 19, 2026

    Try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:  How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com)

    It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings: 

    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

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    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 26H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
    Califdan2
    Inspiring
    October 18, 2026

    try turning off GPU acceleration and see if that changes anything.

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