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DavidWAnd
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November 7, 2023
Question

Lightroom will not import all my folders to MY CATALOGE

  • November 7, 2023
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When I tried to create a catalog, Lightroom classic ran through the files and told me there we about 30000 of them and then started to import. It got to about 4000 and appears to have stopped. Many folders are missing from the list on the left and the progress bar at the top on the left that indictaes "Import files at their current location" is about 1/6 of the way and hasn't moved for a few hours. I have rwad various posts with soem solutions but none have worked. Un-checking all movie files appears to have added about 60 pictures to the catalog but nothing else. Has anyone got any solution to this?

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    ouiouiphoto
    ouiouiphoto
    Known Participant
    November 7, 2023

    Hello

     

    I have already seen such behavior with a light configuration. Mainly because of RAM consumption as far as I remember. You should probably select only 2000. For the second try, the first 2000 will be greyed because already in the catalog and you select the next 2000. Btw what is your configuration ? CPU/GPU/RAM

     

    .Sheepdog trying to help Lightroom and Photoshop beginners
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    DavidWAndAuthor
    Participant
    November 8, 2023

    I have I6-10500 3.1GHz, Windows 11, most recent build, 32G RAM, NVidia Quadro P2200

     

    Since my first post which was about 2 days since I started the catalog, Lightroom has sprung into life again and has now imported 27000 pictures, nearly all of them after stalling at about 4001.

    This morning it had completed with just 10 files not transfered, total 32652 files

    Interesting?

    john beardsworth
    Community Expert
    john beardsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 8, 2023

    Now the Import process has "completed", is your "stalling at about 4001" still a problem? Does LR now record 32652 files?

     

    What is special about those 10 files? Examine them individually and maybe try importing them again - what error message is there?

     

    kglad
    Community Expert
    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 7, 2023

    in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

    p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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