LRC folders are gone

Question

Upgraded to Windows 11 which knocked out LRC. The program is running now but folders with previews I delivered are gone. All pictures are on an external hard drive and fine but I really don't want to start them all over that I did previews. How do I locate?

Rob_Cullen · Answer

Where did you keep your master Lr-Classic catalog? Internal drive or External drive?

Did the Windows upgrade possibly delete your working catalog? If so then opening LrC could have created a new empty catalog (folders "gone"?).

You need to find that master working catalog (catalog name.LRCAT) and open it, or if it doesn't exist find and restore a backup catalog.

RESTORE A CATALOG FROM BACKUP

If you do see folders and photos in a catalog that you open and they show as 'Missing' then you will need to re-link them, with this advice-

MISSING FILES & FOLDERS (Lightroom Queen)

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