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Wurlitzer-1015
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January 28, 2023
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Continually changing to Library-Import screen

  • January 28, 2023
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Hi, I'm using LR6 on a PC (still) and just recently I have found that no matter what I am doing in Lightroom I am taken to the "Library-Import" screen continuously, every 5 to 30 seconds or so. I press "Esc" to leave that screen and go back to what I was doing, perhaps editing in the "Develop" area, only to be returned to the "Library-Import" screen again. It's as if "CTRL+SHIFT+I" (the shotcut to open the import screen) is being being issued repeatedly and continuously. It's only happening in Lightroom, for example I opened up the Chrome Browser, for which CTRL-SHIFT-I is a valid shortcut but Chrome is not acting as if the shortcut keys are being pressed. I only tried this to remove the possibility that it was something in the system doing the shortcut ket presses (from a virus perhaps).

I have tried restoring the LR installation from a backup, that didn't help and then a full unistall-reinstall, that didn't help either. Has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions how to fix the issue?

Thanks

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Correct answer F. McLion

Try if it stops when you uncheck the option to automatically open the import screen when a removable media is detected.

Open the Preferences from the Edit menu, General tab, Import options:

 

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F. McLionCorrect answer
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January 28, 2023

Try if it stops when you uncheck the option to automatically open the import screen when a removable media is detected.

Open the Preferences from the Edit menu, General tab, Import options:

 

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    Wurlitzer-1015Author
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    January 28, 2023

    Many thanks for the tip, that seems too have fixed it, I unchecked the first option below regarding a memory card, although I didn't have a memory card plugged in, the adapter for it was connected to a USB port and was showing up as an empty drive in file explorer!

     

     

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