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Barry05
Barry05
Participant
Sep 7, 2025 7:53 PM UTC
Question

LRC issue with trying to access the local sync database

I switched from MAC to a windows PC a fw days ago. I copied over the Lightroom classic catalog and its associated files. After sorting out differences in drive names all was working well untill today. 

LRC now gets in a loop on startup if I click Restart now.

 

I do sync to Lightroom but not sure if this is the 'sync' its talking about. I have tried :-

  • reinstalling Lightroom Classic
  • Running the catalog from two days ago on an external drive.
  • Seleting the X icon top right, quit and restart

Restart reopens LRC as I expected but with the same error

Quit, Quits 🙂 but when you restart it still 'loops' to this message.

 

All software uptodate as its been installed two days ago.

 

Background info :-

PC is runnning Windows 11;  i9 processor; 64gb ram; various plugins - NIK; DXORaw4; Topaz Photo Ai; qimage

 

Any Help Appreciated.

Barry

3 replies

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
Sep 7, 2025 11:01 PM UTC

Try doing Preferences > Lightroom Sync, hold down Alt / Opt, and then click the Rebuild Sync Data button you're not supposed to see.

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    Barry05
    Barry05Author
    Participant
    Sep 8, 2025 5:00 AM UTC

    Hi. Thank you for replying. I cannot access preferences , I cannot access anything, as when the message comes up a few seconds after starting LRC I am in a Loop, quit just closes LRC and restart just closes LRC, restarts at the error. 
    Barry

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    Sep 8, 2025 5:16 AM UTC

    Try the steps in this help article:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/local-sync-database.html

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