Lightroom Desktop (not classic) 8.2 will not open

Question

In the last couple of weeks Lr desktop 8.2 (not classic) is getting more diffcult to open with my windows machine without have to restart/shutdown mutilple times.  Each day it gets worse.  I cannot find any help online becasue all the references refer to classic.  Any help would be apprecated.  thank you

Rikk Flohr-Retired · Accepted Answer

Given the scant details provided, I can only offer generic troubleshooting.

I recommend the following:

Clean Lightroom Install Procedure

Close Lightroom
Restart the computer
Use the Adobe Creative Cloud App to uninstall Lightroom
Restart the computer
Install Lightroom via the Creative Cloud App without launching any other programs.
Restart the computer
Launch Lightroom
Wait 5 minutes

Then:

This procedure works for both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Desktop.

If you are using Lightroom Desktop, it can change your local storage location. Please review this setting after resetting preferences.

Reset Procedure:

1. Close Lightroom.

2. Hold down [Alt/Opt]+[Shift] while restarting Lightroom.

3. Overwrite the Preferences when prompted by the dialog.

4. Close Lightroom.

5. Restart Lightroom.

Winkle69 · Answer

Thank you, that fixed my issue!!!!!

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