Skip to main content
Participant
April 3, 2018
Question

Photos and folders of past Imports not shown on new PC

  • April 3, 2018
  • 1 reply
  • 389 views

Hello,

my old PC on which I was using Lightroom CC (at my working-place) was changed. Lightroom CC was installed there.

Now Lightroom seems to be "virgin". Not one of my in the past imported and processed or finished photos or theyr folders could be shown or found. Every adjustment I've made seem to be lost.

I tryed to open my Lightroom Catalog. But this didn't help. Lightroom tells, the Catalog is found. But still nothing could be displayed.

This Problem is not new to me. In privat two PC's crashed and after installing Lightroom I had to import every photo again. All my processin was lost than.

Because I don't want to have this problem again, I ask here.

Could anybody help?

Thank you very much.

Regards, Claudia

This topic has been closed for replies.

1 reply

dj_paige
Legend
April 3, 2018

Please clarify -- do you mean Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic CC??

Now Lightroom seems to be "virgin". Not one of my in the past imported and processed or finished photos or theyr folders could be shown or found. Every adjustment I've made seem to be lost.

Perhaps you opened the wrong catalog. In Lightroom Classic CC (but not Lightroom CC) select File->Open Recent and then select each catalog shown there to open it, and see if it shows the folders and photos you want.

Participant
April 3, 2018

Hello dj_paige,

we use Lightroom Classic CC.

I have only one Catalog. A collegue told me to generate a new, empty catalog. I did this. Afterwards I opened the old again. But nothing happened.

Greetings

dj_paige
Legend
April 3, 2018

Sometimes, people accidentally open a new catalog, or accidentally open the wrong catalog. You have to go to File->Open Recent, even if you think you have only one catalog.