Folder lists photos, but the photos are not in that drive

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March 1, 2026
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Hello- I have an issue where the folder panel is stating there are photos in my C drive, but then I click on that folder, there are no photos. Even when I navigate to that folder in explorer, there are no photos I can find. That folder has been there for a while. I think I added it a while back when I was trying to experiment with some AI assist culling software. Thoughts?

Rob_Cullen

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And I had a brain lapse- you will not see [folders] in Develop module- so that is not the problem. It is a weird one.

You could try -closing LrC, deleting the ‘helper’ {CatalogName Helper.lrcat} folder, reopen LrC. {xxxxhelper.lrcat folder is in same folder as catalog.).

DO NOT delete your catalog file. (You do have a recent backup?)

Or do a Preferences reset. PREFERENCES RESET (Adobe)

I haven’t tried AI culling yet so I cannot comment on its possible effects.

Moderator -This thread should be in the Lightroom-Classic forum.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .