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alexandred46796269
alexandred46796269
Participant
April 16, 2025
Question

Will not export to hard drive

  • April 16, 2025
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Good morning,

 

I have Lightroom classic and everything was fine. But for the last 2 days, I cannot save and export the pictures i have imported and modified. When doing the export, the tab at the top goes directly as full and stays like this wih no export of the pictures into the selected folder. Can you help?

 

Thank. Alex

3 replies

AxelMatt
Community Expert
AxelMattCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 17, 2025

Try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:  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 

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
dj_paige
dj_paige
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April 16, 2025

the tab at the top goes directly as full and stays like this

 

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    Sameer K
    Community Manager
    Sameer KCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    April 16, 2025

    Hey, @alexandred46796269. Welcome to the Lightroom Classic Community. I'll help you figure this out. Where are the original images stored, on the internal or external drive? 

     

    Before anything else, in the Library module > go to Library at the top menu bar > Find All Missing Photos. If any of the images in question are missing, relink them to Lightroom Classic and check if the issue exists: https://adobe.ly/3ZkBPjD

     

    Try exporting to a location on the internal drive. Also, try restarting the machine without the external drive plugged in, and when the machine boots up, plug in the external drive to a new port. 

     

    If this does not help, try this:

    • Go to Lightroom > Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor > Set it off if it is on Custom or Auto. If this shows you any differences, please check this article to troubleshoot further: https://adobe.ly/43rvyUL

    Let me know how it goes. Thanks!

    Sameer K

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