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P: Auxiliary Folder automatically appears

Explorer ,
Jan 09, 2025 Jan 09, 2025

I an getting a folder called "auxiliary" showing up when I export a file(s) to a seperate folder. Nothing appears to be saved to this folder, but it appears the first time I export a file. If I delete the folder it does not reappear if I expoet more files.

 

Ian Winter

 

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Adobe Employee , Jan 22, 2025 Jan 22, 2025

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Community Expert ,
Jan 09, 2025 Jan 09, 2025

what app are you using to export?

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 10, 2025 Jan 10, 2025

The same thing is happening to me in Lightroom Cloud when I export a JPEG sometimes.

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Explorer ,
Jan 10, 2025 Jan 10, 2025

Not using any app, exporting directly from LR

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Community Expert ,
Jan 10, 2025 Jan 10, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

Hi @OwleyMedic!

Could you provide a bit more info? Does this happen with every image? What version of Lightroom and Operating System are you using? Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reproduce this issue on my end while exporting.

Thanks!
Alek

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Explorer ,
Jan 17, 2025 Jan 17, 2025

I appears to happen on the first export from a folder, could be one file or group export. Does not happen on susbequent exports or if I deleat the auxulary folder it does not reappear after that.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 22, 2025 Jan 22, 2025

Hi @OwleyMedic!

It seems there's a bug here. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to consistently reproduce it—on my end, the folder is only being created occasionally. Does it happen only when you have masks in the file or when you use certain export settings? If you could share a short video showing the steps you take to get the auxiliary folder created after exporting a file, it would really help us investigate further.

Thanks a lot!

Alek

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 22, 2025 Jan 22, 2025

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Explorer ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025

I was finnaly able to reproduse it. Tried a few times last night and it wouldn't do it but this morning I did. see attached video

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Explorer ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025

I just did ity adain and I noticed the folder is created when I first click export before change file name or chose a location. And it did it a second time after I deleted the one created in the video. Hope that helps.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025

Hi @OwleyMedic,

It seems like the video isn't playing on my end—it's just showing as a still image. Could you please try re-uploading it? Thanks a lot!

Alek

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Explorer ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025
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Explorer ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025
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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025

Hey @OwleyMedic,

Thanks for sharing the video! Sorry to keep asking for things, but it looks like I need permission to access it 😅. Could you make it available for public viewing so the whole team can watch it? Thanks a lot!

Alek

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Explorer ,
Jan 23, 2025 Jan 23, 2025

You should have access now

 

IW

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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2025 Jan 24, 2025

having the same issue and now I have three empty auxiliary files that I can;t get rid of. This only has happed in the last cople weeks. Please advise.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 27, 2025 Jan 27, 2025

Hey @clm801s! Our team is currently investigating this bug. If you could provide any steps to reproduce the issue or share a video, it would be super helpful. Keep an eye on this thread for updates.

Thanks for your patience! Alek

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New Here ,
Jan 28, 2025 Jan 28, 2025
The only solution I have found is deleting the folder via Finder. S new auxiliary folder appears every time I create a new subfolder. This also happened when I was using LRC. Nia if happens in LR.

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Explorer ,
Feb 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2025

Any updates on a resoulition to this issue?

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New Here ,
Mar 21, 2025 Mar 21, 2025
LATEST

Lightroom Build 20250201-0700-1b12095
OSX Build 15.3.2

When exporting from a updated version of Lightroom on an updated Mac from a fully updated NAS a folder is sometimes and often created titled Auxillary.
This folder contains no data during export or after export.
When looking for hidden files none exist.
When looking at file size it is of 0kb.

I'm not the first to report this, https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-bugs/p-auxiliary-folder-automatically...

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