Getting back to the catalog

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Hey Everyone

I am working with the latest version of LR classic on Windows 11 platforms. I have LR classic on both my ACER desktop and my surface laptop, although all my Photo editing is done on the Acer desktop. Yesterday I opened LR classic on the Acer desktop and discovered, despite not having done anything, that I had only 145 photographs, not the 10K that should be there. First question how do I find my way back to my catalog and can I lock it in once I have?

I have a crackpot theory about why this happened. Last year for a brief period I used LR Classic on the laptop and while I meant to uninstall, I wasn't paying close attention when it asked me for prompts regarding my catalog because I thought these prompts had to do with just that laptop. But I think Adobe applied whatever answers I gave on the Surface laptop also to the Acer, thus my claim as to not having done anything and yet finding the ACER using the wrong catalog. Anyone agree this is possible? Once I get the ACER restored I will uninstall LR classic on the Surface. Thanks

dj_paige · Answer

Most likely you have opened the wrong catalog. In LrC, try File->Open Recent and open each catalog shown there until you find the catalog with the 10K photos. If that doesn't work, use the search feature in Windows Explorer to search for all files whose name ends with .LRCAT, and open each of those until you find the catalog with the 10K photos.

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