Lightroom Classic runs in the background only - I can't get it to open to work in
Last week (when LR was working perfectly) I decided to move my catalog from my PHD to my laptop (windows 11) hard drive. I folllowed all the instructions, but when trying to open LR - well it just wouldn’t open, but I could see it running in the background.
To cut a long story short - I tried everything suggested and finally contacted support, who spent 2 hours on my issue. I have been told I have a corrupt image/s that is causing this issue. I have been told to add a new catalog and import my files from the previous catalog. Which I did and it didn’t help. Then I was told to create a new catalog and import my files in batches to try and determine where the corrupt image/s are. I have over 900 files and over 180000 images. This is going to be a long, long process, which I am happy to do if I get a good result. I have 2 questions.
- Is there any other way I can check my images/files to find the corrupt one/s?
- If I add a new catalog - and then import all 180000+ images into the new catalog, will the same issue happen. (yes I know I will lose all my processing settings but I am at a complete loss as what to do).
FYI - i have masses of backups, from when it was all running smoothly, but when I go to use one of the backups, LR just runs in the background again.
I have managed to partially do a Metadata check on some images and removed those that have metadata conflicts, but that hasn’t really helped either.
Any suggestions? PLEASE.
Thank you
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