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LewisFrancis10674420
Inspiring
February 20, 2023
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Lightroom Classic won't relaunch after update to 12.2

  • February 20, 2023
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Hi all,

 

After runninig the Lightroom Classic 12.2 update on Monterey 12.6.3 M1 MacBook Pro I can only run the app by forcing it at launch to run with the default settings. Once I get it running, all is well, albeit with the default settings.

 

Launches as expected in a newly created admin account. 

 

I've tried all the steps listed on the troubleshooting document, including running the permissions repair script and First Aid. Anything else I should try before doing a clean install?

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer LewisFrancis10674420

OK, found the apparent culprit -- the MIDI2LR.lrplugin is removed from the LrC's Modules folder the app now launches as expected. Kicking myself for not trying this first. Will contact the author and let them know there may be issues with the 12.2 release. 

 

Thanks for all your help -- it is much appreciated!

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LewisFrancis10674420AuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
February 20, 2023

OK, found the apparent culprit -- the MIDI2LR.lrplugin is removed from the LrC's Modules folder the app now launches as expected. Kicking myself for not trying this first. Will contact the author and let them know there may be issues with the 12.2 release. 

 

Thanks for all your help -- it is much appreciated!

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    LewisFrancis10674420Author
    Inspiring
    February 20, 2023

    PS: Reinstalling MIDI2LR.lrplugin restores the ability to use this very helpful utility. 

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    Πανος30444805gizx
    Participant
    June 12, 2023

    thanks for the info! did you install midi2lr 5.4.0.0 or older version?

    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    February 20, 2023

    Perhaps see:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-unexpected-behavior-user-account.html

     

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      LewisFrancis10674420Author
      Inspiring
      February 20, 2023

      Thanks for the link, that's a far more complete resource than the one I found, though it lacks the permissions settings script for some odd reason.

       

      Sadly, nothing there helped, either, but the operation for resetting ownership via sudo chown -R username :staff ~/Library with my short username swapped for "username" results in an Operation not permitted error, so I'm checking with our IT partner to see if our Antivirus platform is getting in the way. 

      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
      Inspiring
      February 20, 2023

      So here's the tough part. Since it doesn't crash as a new user, there is a conflict with something in the original (Admin?) user that is making it crash. The hard part is figuring out what that is. The first task is to disable all auto log in items in Users and Groups>Login Items in your System preferences (System Settings in Ventura). You can make a screen capture or jot down what each item is, disable, restart and try again. If it doesn't crash, you can add one or more items, restart and try again. At some point, you may find which item is at issue. It isn't easy but that's really the fix unless you do a clean install of the OS which might be more work. 
      The bottom line is, that something in your user account is conflicting with the Adobe software. Gotta find out what that item is. 

      Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
        GoldingD
        GoldingD
        Legend
        February 20, 2023
         I can only run the app by forcing it at launch to run with the default settings.

        Please walk me thru that. I am not familiar with what you are referring to.

         

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        LewisFrancis10674420Author
        Inspiring
        February 20, 2023

        Launching Lightroom Classic while holding down SHIFT+OPTION/ALT will present a dialog allowing you the option to skip the attempt to load your prefs and revert to the default settings. 

        GoldingD
        GoldingD
        Legend
        February 20, 2023

        Ok, so you are attempting to rest/replace a corrupt preference file. As documented/shown in the following:

         

        https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

         

        Now are you stating that doing so works for just one use of LrC, then fails again after closing LrC? 

        But LrC works if you are running your MAC using your Admin account?

         

         

         

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