Catalog, Lightroom Classic

[edirish]

Last night I opened Lightroom Classic CC and noticed that about 1/3 of the folders and sub-folders within the catalog were missing in action. Not grayed out folders or not grayed out folders with question marks, but actual missing folders and sub-folders. Checking further I found several sub-folders that were also grayed out with question marks while the parent folder and other sub-folders attached to the parent folder were fine. The number showing for "All Photographs" was basically correct at 17636 so I could search there and find the needed photos. So the photos are in the catalog but the folders and sub-folders they are in, are missing. No photos were moved or folders renamed before this happened, or after for that matter. Due to the late hour, I waited until this morning to start researching the problem. When I started Lightroom Classic CC today a little notice popped up saying that the Lightroom Catalog needed to be upgraded to work with Lightroom Classic CC. The solution or so I thought. The Catalog was upgraded and I restarted Lightroom only to find the All Photographs number down to 311 from 17646. I have it back on the non upgraded catalog but still have the missing folders and sub-folders problem. How do I restore Lightroom so all the folders and sub-folders are there without having to repeat weeks and week of work re-editing photos. Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

[cmgap]

Glad to hear this Chris.

[dj_paige]

You have to drag and drop the photo(s) from the Dropbox folder to the desired folder. You do this entirely in the Lightroom Library module.

[cmgap]

Hi Chris,

Three things.

1.

You are showing the folder in your most recent screen shot of your F: Drive. The folder is not open so you can't see what is in the folder. Select and open the 9-17 folder. Take a screen shot of the contents of that folder. Lightroom sees the 9-17 folder just fine as shown in  your first screen shot and it is showing 0 images in it.

2. Lightroom knows exactly where the photo is. Please read my previous post. The photos that you think are in 9-17 on F: drive are in SE Asia 2014 as shown if your very first screen shot. It is highlighted under folders and showing in the film strip. To confirm this go back to your first screen shot, select the same SE Asia 2014 folder and look at the same image in the film strip as you've shown and select it in the film strip and right-click on it, then do both of the things circled in red... Go to Folder in Library and Show in Finder.

3. Please post a screen shot of the results that you get when you do both of these tasks.