Until today, when I clicked on a .cr3 file from explorer that had been imported via LrC it opened in LrC. Now, for some reason, it opens lin Lightroom. I do'nt use lightroom, just classic. How do I restore the defaults to LrC? I've tried open with>choose another app>choose an app on your PB and browsing to adobe>Lightroom classic>lightroom.exe but it still opens in the wrong version
You cannot [Open] a camera file with Lightroom-Classic!
Lightroom-Classic can only [Open] Catalog files (xxxxx.LRCAT).
Image files must be IMPORTED into a LrC Catalog to be of use in the LrC UI.
You can however drag an image file (from desktop eg.) onto the LrC Library Grid and have the image imported.
Windows should not allow you to [Open] or [Open With] Lightroom-Classic for an image file.
Lightroom (Cloud based) will also open the Import dialog if you [Open With- Lightroom ]
I suggest you go to Windows Settings > Apps > and set the 'Default' for CR3 files to be Photoshop. So [Opening] a CR3 file from File Explorer will open in Photoshop only.
Lightroon-Classic and Lightroom both require you to IMPORT image files to be able to view and edit.
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