So that's pretty much the gist. When I export my collections as catalogs, the custom order of that collection isn't retained when opening it as the new catalog.
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License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 10 - Home Premium Edition
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Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 2.4GHz
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
CPU Utilisation: 2.0%
Built-in memory: 16215.0 MB
Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 659.4MB / 3962.0MB (16%)
Real memory available to Lightroom: 16215.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 2051.1 MB (12.6%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 3127.1 MB
GDI objects count: 625
USER objects count: 2307
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Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
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Camera Raw real memory: 563MB / 16215MB (3%)
System DPI setting: 120 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Standard Preview Size: 1920 pixels
Displays: 1) 1920x1080
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No
Graphics Processor Info:
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Init State: GPU for Image Processing supported by default
User Preference: GPU for Export enabled
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: D:\LR Catalogs\Syl&Laz\Syl&Laz.lrcat
Settings Folder: C:\Users\phono\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom
Installed Plugins:
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2) Flickr
3) LogiOptions
4) Nikon Tether Plugin
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Build: LR5x19
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