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Inspiring
November 29, 2022
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Recover Collections in BR 2023?

  • November 29, 2022
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Just noticed all my Collection folders are empty.  Is there a way to recover these?  I still have access to BR 2022 on desktop and the collection images are still there.  Is there a simple way to copy these to BR2023.

 

No rush here, and thanks!

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Correct answer Lumigraphics

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe

There will be Bridge 2022 and Bridge 2023 folders. Copy the files in Collections folder from the older to newer version (make sure to keep a backup copy.)

This is unsupported but worked in minimal testing here.

 

Oh and separately, web links are not allowed in signatures here, can you please remove that? Thanks.

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Legend
November 29, 2022

Mac or Windows?

Collections are saved as text files in the Bridge data folder, you can manually copy them from Bridge 2022 to 2023. Bridge 2023 uses a different XML format but older files still appear to work.

Inspiring
November 29, 2022

Windows.


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Bruce Bartrug
Nobleboro, Maine, USA

LumigraphicsCorrect answer
Legend
November 29, 2022

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe

There will be Bridge 2022 and Bridge 2023 folders. Copy the files in Collections folder from the older to newer version (make sure to keep a backup copy.)

This is unsupported but worked in minimal testing here.

 

Oh and separately, web links are not allowed in signatures here, can you please remove that? Thanks.