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October 2, 2026
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when will LRC 15.6 be stable?

  • October 2, 2026
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my windows 11 desktop with LRC 15.6 is useless. NOT RESPONDING. Crashes no matter what-can’t open catalog. I get NOT RESPONDING NO MATTER WHAT I DO. 

 

MY LAPTOP with 15.5.` LRC still works. WHEN CAN I EXPECT A STABLE 15.6??????????????????

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    Community Expert
    October 5, 2026

    ​@ShellScraps Unfortunately you haven't given us any information about your system and detailed infos about your issue(s). Therefore, all proposed solutions are a look into the crystal ball

    • Do you get an error message? If yes, please post the message word-by-word.
    • Which steps do you’ve try to solve the issue

    Please provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the Lightroom menu item Help > System Info. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post.

     

    In the meantime try to reset your Lightroom preferences:  How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com)

    It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings:  https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

    Try also to restore the catalog from one of the latest backups and check if Lightroom crashed also. Or create a new catalog and import several images.

    Hold the Ctrl-Key while starting LrC. This opens a catalog selection dialog.

    Click on “Create a New Catalog” to create a new one and see if this catalog works. If yes, you could then try to import your current catalog into the new one.

     

     

    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
    Participating Frequently
    October 3, 2026

    Probably a windows issue, it works fine on my Mac. In addition, I have not heard of any others having that kind of a problem on other forums. Try it in Win SAFE mode, that will tell you if it’s windows or LrC

    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 3, 2026

    Probably a windows issue, it works fine on my Mac. In addition, I have not heard of any others having that kind of a problem on other forums. Try it in Win SAFE mode, that will tell you if it’s windows or LrC

    That’s funny, it works fine of my Windows 11 PC. Therefore, my conclusion is it is a MAC issue. Which is just as invalid logic as the logic you used.

    Actually, it very likely it’s neither, and it is something on the OP’s computer or catalog that is the problem.

    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2026

    Actually the OP said Win 11 not Mac. I am sorry you think my logic is invalid. It is the same logic I used as a global troubleshooter and also what helped me find 2 day zero bugs. His assumption it is LrC is what is invalid. The actual truth may lie in the middle where something in LrC in combination with something in his software/hardware environment is the cause. 

    KR Seals
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 2, 2026

    Is Lightroom Classic (LrC) hanging or crashing? It’s been know to hang due to a corrupt catalog.

    As ​@dj_paige mentioned, in another situation, LrC might hang and take a long time to load the catalog and show up on screen. If once you start LrC, check Win 11 task manager to see if it shows that LrC is running with disk and CPU activity. In that case, let it run for some time, hours possibly and it will finally load the catalog. I had that happen twice just after a version change required a catalog upgrade. Since, the catalog has been loading fine. 

    Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.
    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 2, 2026

    For now, revert back to 15.5.

    Also, the problem may be the catalog and not 15.6. You might want to try unzipping a recent backup of your catalog file and see if you can open that in 15.6.

    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 3, 2026

    Also, 15.6 has been rock-solid for me so far, again indicating something on your computer might be causing this.