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LornaJane86
LornaJane86
Participant
February 19, 2017
Question

Select Catalog Window is always blank

  • February 19, 2017
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Hi,

I have an old lap top with light room 5 on it. My new computer has lightroom 6 (and Windows 10). I  have copied the catalog files Lightroom Catalog.lrcat, Lightroom Catalog Previews.lrdata, and all the backups to my new computer. When I open Lightroom, the "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Select Catalog" window opens. There is a window labeled "select a recent catalog to open" and it is completely blank.

I click on "Choose a Different Catalog" on the bottom left, navigate to where Lightroom Catalog.lrcat is located, select it, and hit "choose". It then takes me back to the original "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - Select Catalog" window still with nothing listed under  "select a recent catalog to open".

Is this because the catalog is from lightroom 5? I thought it was supposed to recognize that and convert it.

Thanks,

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JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
February 19, 2017

With Lightroom closed, if you just go to the folder and double-click on the catalog will it start? If this is a Lightroom 5 catalog and you are using Lightroom 6 then Lightroom should prompt you to upgrade the catalog. Choose to do that, and Lightroom will create a copy of your catalog that is compatible with Lightroom 6. All of your work should still be in place.

LornaJane86
LornaJane86Author
Participant
February 19, 2017

I get this error message:

Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
February 19, 2017

Then the catalog file you copied over somehow got corrupted. Try copying it again. Make sure you place it in a folder that your Username has Full Control of in the Security section, Tab, of the Properties for that folder.

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