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jb64150744
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February 26, 2022
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Lightroom Not Defaulting to Latest Catalog

  • February 26, 2022
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have updated to LR v11 when it became available and updated my catalog. I'm now running v11.2.

 

Since upgrading to LR v11,  Lightroom always opens an old, non updated, verion of the catalog and gives me the option of using the orignal old verion or the newer, updated, version. On opening I would like Lightroom to always default to the most recent catalog.

 

I have tried changing my catalog preferences to "always use latest catalog" to no avail and have also tried specifying the specific verion of the catalog (ie the latest version), again to no avail. 

 

Can anyone please help.

 

thanks

John

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C.Cella
C.Cella
Inspiring
March 1, 2022

@jb64150744 

 

Have you tried this?

 

In the Preferences use the option "Prompt when starting Lightroom".

Restart.

When you restart in the window that will appear there's is an option, bottom left, that says "Always Load this catalog on startup" > Check that option > Select the catalog desired > Open.

 

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JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2022

Have you checked Preferences - General? You can define the catalog to use there. By default this is set to 'Most Recent', but you can also define a specific catalog. It sounds like that is what causes your problem. Select the appropriate catalog and see if that solves the problem.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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jb64150744Author
Known Participant
February 26, 2022

Thanks Johan.  Have tried that several times with no success even when I specify the catalog version to use. When I do specify the version it never seems to "stick" when I close & restart LR.

 

cheers

John

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2022

So just to make sure, are your preferences set up like this?

 

Per Berntsen
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Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2022

Try resetting the preferences.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

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jb64150744Author
Known Participant
February 26, 2022

Per, thanks for the tip.

 

I have just tried resetting preferences as you suggested. Unfortunately not effect. I'm still getting the "new catalog found" message with the option to select the newest catalog or an older version.

 

cheers

John

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