Crashing "then catalog is in use message"

Your screenshot of the folder your catalog is in shows a folder called Lightroom Settings, This folder is created when you select to store presets with catalog.

So, in preferences, have you selected to store presets with catalog?

If not, perhaps give that a try.

This may be from one of your older catalogs. Or it may be that your preference file took a hit upon crash and need to be reset.

Hi Alex

Thank for trying to help...non of those methods have got any of my presets back unfortunately

Lightroom V 11.4.1

Windows 10 V 10.0.19044

A lot more information is needed.

• What is your software, Lightroom (Lr icon) or Lightroom Classic (LrC icon)? What version NUMBER?
• What is your operating system version NUMBER?
• What actions seem to cause this crash? Please be specific and detailed.
• Is there an error message? If so, please quote the exact complete unedited word-for-word error message.
• Does the entire computer crash, or is it Lightroom that crashes but the rest of the computer still runs?

The first thing that you should try is to switch off the GPU support from the Lightroom preferences and check if that helps to fix the issue.

Go to Lightroom > Preferences > Performance tab > Uncheck "Use Graphics Processor" > Restart Lightroom.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-gpu-faq.html#troubleshooting

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html

If Lightroom doesn't start correctly the please see "Solution 2" in the document behind the second link.

Troubleshoot GPU issues | Lightroom Classic (adobe.com)

Another step is to try to reset the Lightroom preferences.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

If this doesn't help we need more informations about your environment.

Which operating system do you use?

Which version of Lightroom do you use?

Please post the exact version and not only phrases as "recent", "latest" and so on.