Some folders won't show in LrC

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Hi, some of the folders in my external HD do not show in LR classic. I go to the HD and they are all there, but the folders dont show in the Library navigator. No idea on why.

Its not the "I have a photos showing missing in grid" that needs to be linked. Its just not showing entire folders in menu.

Have looked a a bunch of threads on here., dont see the answer.
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?

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Adrian3458

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It's not just you. I had the exact same issue where some folders from 2022 were now missing from the LRc Library view as well as the associated 'previews'. You could restore these from a back-up of the catalog (carefully chosing only the missing folders) I just imported all the missing folders again and will only process the pictures again if I need any (my lazy approach because of so few subfolders - it also looks like they had kept their metadata too).

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jimm20130997Author

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Thanks for replying. I have already processed these photos that are missing from this drive.

If I import them they will show as proccessed correct? I was hoping to adjust them a bit as my style has changed over the years. Or, if I import them do I start all over again? Thanks again.

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dj_paige

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No, they will not show as processed if you import them, unless you have been saving metadata to XMP. Regardless of whether you have been saving metadata to XMP, importing is not the answer, it will make things worse. Synchronizing folders is not the answer, it will make things worse.

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dj_paige

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Lightroom Classic is not a file browser like Windows Explorer or Mac Finder, it is a database. It doesn't have to show the same folders that you see in Windows Explorer or Mac Finder. As a database, it only knows about folders that actually have at least one photo imported into Lightroom Classic.

I can't see your file attachments (or anyone's file attachments), better to include photos in your reply using the "Insert Photos" icon.

As a guess, you may have accidentally imported photos into LrC using COPY, so the photos are copied from the folder they are in to some other folder. So LrC only knows about this other folder. If you go into the Library Module, click on "All Photographs", turn off filters, and then search for one (or more) of the photos by file name, do you find them?

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jimm20130997Author

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Hi thanks for your reply.

I guess I should have said all those folders in my finder were at one point all imported into LRc. So not sure why some are showing in there and why some arent? I always import them via the import photos menu. Have done the samething with all my other photos and drives, and if imported they show in LR.

Thoughts? and thanks again.

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dj_paige

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I guess I should have said all those folders in my finder were at one point all imported into LRc. So not sure why some are showing in there and why some arent?

I explained that, you accidentally imported via COPY. Did you search for the photos by clicking on All Photographs as I explained?

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