Catalogues and presets disappeared

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December 5, 2022
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Last night I upgraded lightroom as prompted and now I have nothing in my catalogue. I also have no presets, not even default ones. I've tried opening the old version of the catalogue and accessing the back ups, but I get told that Lightroom canot use the catalog because it is not writeable and cannot be opened. I'm not sure if the external hard drive with the catalogue and backups was disconnected when I upgraded Lightroom. So much work that I can't access and I'm feeling very stressed and confused by Lightroom! Can anyone help me troubleshoot?

I'm using windows.

Windows

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JohanElzenga

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@Rebecca24259047cvrz wrote:

Last night I upgraded lightroom as prompted and now I have nothing in my catalogue. I also have no presets, not even default ones.

Sounds like Lightroom lost the connection to the catalog and created a new one. Several people reported this problem. As long as you do not have any images in your catalog, you will not see any presets either, so that does not have to mean anything. You'll have to find the current catalog yourself, because Lightroom will also not show it in the 'Recent Catalogs' menu.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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Rebecca24259047cvrzAuthor

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Thanks for clarifying the preset situation for me. I believe I am finding the correct catalogue that I want to open, but when I go through selecting it and agreeing to upgrade it, there are still no folders or photos in Lightroom. 😞

dj_paige

Legend

Most likely, the wrong catalog file got upgraded. Please do a search using Windows Explorer, of all disk(s) and all folders for files whose name ends with .LRCAT. One of these will be the catalog you want.

You backups won't open because you have to unzip them first and put the unzipped file into a brand new empty folder.

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Rebecca24259047cvrzAuthor

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Woohoo... I was doing a combo of referring to your message and searching how to unzip and reload a backup catalogue. And in the process forgot you said to put it in a new folder.... (does this break the problem where lightroom says it is currently being used?) Anyway I did that and I have them back.... and I can breathe again and don't have to ignore my family today. Thank you for the advice!

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Rebecca24259047cvrzAuthor

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Now that I have them there, do I have to save anything to lock it in as the catalogue I'm using, or do I just continue to use Lightroom and backup the catalogue every time I exit as I was doing previously?

By @Rebecca24259047cvrz

In Lightroom Classic, under Preferences, General tab, there is an option that allows you to choose which catalog is opened by default. Naturally, you select the one you have working.

Thanks for your help. 🙂

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