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July 24, 2017
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Can't copy photos into LightRoom

  • July 24, 2017
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I'm trying to copy photos into lightroom from my PC and it starts to copy them and then stops.  I had moved the photos on my computer and I'm sure that messed things up.  So I copied all the photos and put them in a new folder and started fresh in Light Room and it still won't copy them into there so I can edit.  Please help!

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    Correct answer JP Hess

    I tried going to other folders to attempt to download photos and it's just not seeing that there are photos saved in there on my computer.  I have used Lightroom for 4 years now and have never had this problem.


    I have never used the drag/drop method of importing images into Lightroom. I have always used the import dialog and have mostly imported images directly from the cards and placed them on the hard drive. I am sorry, but I don't know how to offer any more help in your situation. Whenever I have imported images that are already on my hard drive, I have selected the folder in the left hand panel of the import dialog and they have appeared in the main screen of the import dialog. It would seem that with four years of Lightroom experience you should be comfortable with using the program, so I really don't know what to tell you.

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    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    July 24, 2017

    Are you using the import dialog? What happens when you try? What version of Lightroom are you using? What operating system are you using? Are there any error messages? Have you imported previously?

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    clintc46013694Author
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    July 24, 2017

    Thanks for responding!  I'm creating a new collection and then dragging and copying the photos over from my PC using Internet Explorer.  I'm using Lightroom 4.4.  On Friday I had moved the photos on my computer and copied them into Lightroom and then I was receiving the error message that it couldn't find the photos.  I then created a new folder on my computer, copied the files into it, and tried to start completely over with a new collection in Lightroom and it starts to copy them ... the number of files will get up to 40 and then the number drops back down to 0 and does nothing after that.  Any thoughts?

    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    July 24, 2017

    What happens if you use the import dialog within Lightroom to import the images and then create the collection after the images have been imported?

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