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Darcy35971318h3rl
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March 9, 2024
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Select a Source Window Opens on it's own

  • March 9, 2024
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I dont know if this is bug/tech issue or user error.  As this has never been an issue for me before.  However, it's driving me crazy now. For the last two days, while I am in using Lightroom Classic, the "Select a Source" window just opens up while I am in the Develop tab working on my edits.  I either hit Esc or Cancel and it returns to what I was doing.  But a few minutes later it does it again.  I continously does it over and over.  What have I done wrong?  

You can see under this window, my develop tab is opened and I was working on the photos.  

 

Here are the properties of my laptop:

Name: Ethernet 3
Description: ASIX USB to Gigabit Ethernet Family Adapter #2
Physical address (MAC): cc:48:3a:7b:30:60
Status: Not operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1500
IPv4 address: 169.254.205.139/16
IPv6 address: fe80::92ac:86c5:b13b:c908%11/64
DNS servers: fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 (Unencrypted)
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Disconnected
Name: Ethernet
Description: Realtek USB GbE Family Controller
Physical address (MAC): cc:48:3a:7b:30:60
Status: Operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1500
Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 1000/1000 (Mbps)
DHCP enabled: Yes
DHCP servers: 172.16.1.8
DHCP lease obtained: ‎Saturday, ‎March ‎9, ‎2024 9:33:59 AM
DHCP lease expires: ‎Sunday, ‎March ‎17, ‎2024 9:33:59 AM
IPv4 address: 172.18.198.156/24
IPv6 address: fe80::e9a7:a71f:db0d:d625%37/64
IPv4 default gateway: 172.18.198.1
DNS servers: 172.16.1.16 (Unencrypted)
172.16.1.8 (Unencrypted)
DNS domain name: ci.las-vegas.nv.us
DNS connection suffix: ci.las-vegas.nv.us
Network name: las-vegas.nv.us
Network category: Public
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Connected to Internet / Connected to unknown network
Name: Local Area Connection* 1
Description: Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical address (MAC): 34:2e:b7:df:0e:77
Status: Not operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1500
IPv4 address: 169.254.68.127/16
IPv6 address: fe80::8d8a:d3fc:a12e:899a%8/64
DNS servers: fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 (Unencrypted)
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Disconnected
Name: Local Area Connection* 2
Description: Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical address (MAC): 36:2e:b7:df:0e:76
Status: Not operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1500
IPv4 address: 169.254.49.255/16
IPv6 address: fe80::3811:3b2f:f31a:b64%18/64
DNS servers: fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 (Unencrypted)
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Disconnected
Name: Wi-Fi
Description: Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
Physical address (MAC): 34:2e:b7:df:0e:76
Status: Not operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1400
IPv4 address: 172.20.10.2/28
IPv6 address: 2600:381:f60e:2b05:146d:d17e:ab73:1f3d/64, 2600:381:f60e:2b05:784c:91cb:e271:b680/128, fe80::cc8c:87e3:924b:a534%7/64
IPv4 default gateway: 172.20.10.1
DNS servers: 172.20.10.1 (Unencrypted)
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Disconnected
Name: Bluetooth Network Connection
Description: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical address (MAC): 34:2e:b7:df:0e:7a
Status: Not operational
Maximum transmission unit: 1500
IPv4 address: 169.254.237.246/16
IPv6 address: fe80::bdc2:a2b5:376a:4561%10/64
DNS servers: fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 (Unencrypted)
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 (Unencrypted)
Connectivity (IPv4/IPv6): Disconnected
Proxy Auto Detect: On

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    March 10, 2024

    By default, LR will open the Import window (which is where you see "Select a source") whenever Windows tells it there is a new drive or device connected to the computer.

     

    You might have a loose or flaky cable or port, or a device might be turning itself off and on periodically.  You could disconnect external devices one-by-one to see if you can identify a culprit.

     

    Alternatively, you may have some impolite background utility that is periodically creating and destroying a virtual drive. That has been reported here a couple times over the users.

     

    You could keep a File Explorer window up with This PC selected to see if you can identify devices/drives that are coming and going.

     

    And finally, if you don't really care about that, you could uncheck the option Preferences > General > Show Import Dialog When A Memory Card Is Detected. That should stop the Import window from appearing, but you'll have to manually click Import whenever you insert a memory card or other device to import into LR.

    Ian Lyons
    Community Expert
    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 9, 2024

    Have you tried resetting the LrC preference file as described in Method 1 of below linked Adobe Help document?

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

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