DXO plugin screwed up my Lightroom Catalog!

[TC5]

Trying the DXO PureRaw3 plugin trial app I chose to export the DXO processed image to my main external drive where my catalog is. The results was that DXO moved my Lightroom folders around and screwed up all my catalog hierachy!

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All my image folders : 2021, 2022, 2023 are inside the Lightroom Catalog 2022 folder, But DXO moved things around now the Lightroom Catalog 2022 folder appears empty (even though the number of image listed is correct) Only the DXO generated images are visible in the External Drive 4 folder. Nothing else. If I try to move the 2021 folder back into the Lightroom catalog folder I get the message that a folder already exists there (with no option to replace it).

How do I fix this mess with the minimum amount of difficulty?

Thanks for any help!

[TC5]

Clicking the image folders everything appears empty.

[JohanElzenga]

It's unlikely that the plugin moved all those folders around. It looks more like the plugin created the 'capitalization error'. Here's the explanation and how to fix it, but do check first in the MacOS Finder what the folder hierarchy really looks like.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/capitalization-catalog-error/

[TC5]

Thanks Johan for your reply.

There is no duplicate named folder that I can see. Not sure what process lead to the result I got but I'm hoping for a simple fix like creating a new External Drive 4 folder in the right position and deleting the current empty Drive 4 Folder. The fix in the link you sent got me really confused.

I'm also hoping not to have to resort to using a catalog backup to restore as my latest backup is not very recent.

[TC5]

If I select "Show Parent Folder" with control- click, the folder position changes but all the image folders still show empty when clicked:

[TC5]

What if I delete the Lightroom Catalog 2022 with the greyed out arrow (no images appear in there) and move the Original Lightroom Catalog 2022 into the External Drive 4 Folder where it should be, could that be the fix? I don't want to try anything unless I'm pretty sure it wont cause another disaster..

[TC5]

Actually, there is no "External Drive 4" folder on the External drive, just the Lightroom catalog 2022 folder. Should the "External Drive" folder even be there? I'm not even sure if it was there before the problem...

[JohanElzenga]

You can keep talking to yourself, but the fix has been given. If the extra folder is not really present on the disk when viewed in the Fnder, then this is the capitalization error.