Freezing all the time

[Petr Blazek]

Hello, 

my Lightroom classic is freezing last two days after every launch of the program. 

Sometimes a few moments after launch, sometimes it let me to open some library and then it freezes. Occasionally it starts to work if I leave it like that for a few minutes, but than it freezes again after I do a few things.

I tried to :

• restart the computer
• optimize catalog
• purge cache
• expand cache limit to 200 GB - there is enough space on that disc ( 220 GB free)
• There is still 250 GB free space on disc where my catalog is

It started really suddenly. No update last few days, no changes. All my other programs are working smoothly.

I am running on : 

Windows 10 Home

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.6 GHz

32 GB RAM

AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB

Thanks for advices.

[AxelMatt]

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) 

If this help then check if there are a new version of your graphoc driver is available.

  

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. 

  

Do you get an error message? If yes, please post the exact message or an screenshot.  

[TheDigitalDog]

Try resetting your Lightroom preferences:
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html
Also see: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/important-steps-for-manually-resetting-...

Quit Lightroom Classic.
macOS: Press and hold the Shift + Option keys.
Windows: Press and hold the Shift + Alt keys.
While holding down the keys, launch Lightroom Classic.
When asked, select "Yes".