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dlj8
dlj8
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March 30, 2023
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Destination file not available

  • March 30, 2023
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I recently moved some files from one external to another IN LIGHTROOM CLASSIC and now it's saying that the destination file is missing.  Can anyone give me a clue as to why this would happen?  

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dlj8
dlj8Author
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March 30, 2023

 

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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April 1, 2023

Is this what you get on startup? If so, it is harmless. It means that your current import settings use this destination folder, but you probably disconnected that disk so the folder is not available. So Lightroom Classic will use your 'Pictures' folder as default destination, but of course you can simply change that when you actually import images.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
dlj8
dlj8Author
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April 13, 2023

I asked if you got the warning at startup, because that is when Lightroom checks the availability of folders that are mentioned in import presets, not while importing. If it happened while you were moving images, then it could be something else. Note that Lightroom mentions a specific folder in the dialog, so it only means that this particular folder is not available, not necessarily that the drive is not available. Maybe you deleted or moved that folder.

 


No, I get the error when I go into a different drive.

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dj_paige
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March 30, 2023

There generally is not a destination file ... there is a destination Folder. Could that be what you mean?

 

Please tell us the complete exact unedited word-for-word error message. Please explain in detail, step-by-step, what you do that causes this error message to appear.

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