How to download Lightroom Classic 12.5.1?

[dsfvea_8806]

Help me. You need to download lightrum version 12.5.1, but it was removed from previous versions. This is the most successful version for my PC. It works perfectly and does not crash, unlike versions 13 and above that were left. Where can I find a way to download Lightroom 12.5.1 and older versions?

[Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator. This is obviously not a bug report but a question.]

[DdeGannes]

One thing you need to consider in your decision to reinstall LrC 12.5.1, is you need LrR 13.3 or later to be able to Sync your images with Adobe Creative Cloud applications i.e. Lightroom Desktop, and Lr Mobile.

[dsfvea_8806]

I asked where to find and how to install the old version 12.5.1. I'm not interested in syncing. I updated to version 14 and realized that it works terribly for me, and there is no way to go back to 12.5.1. That's what I'm asking.

[DdeGannes]

Open Adobe Creative Cloud app and start a chat with Adobe staff and request a installation link.

[Conrad_C]

The reason you have to contact Adobe and ask them for it is because Adobe has a public policy of not providing versions that old in the Creative Cloud installer. A few years ago, Adobe announced that the Creative Cloud installer would provide only the last two major versions. See the Adobe article: Creative Cloud Support Policy. So it is their standard procedure to remove anything older.

The current version of Lightroom Classic is 14, so according to their policy, versions 14 and 13 are available for installation. When version 14 was released, version 12 became the third oldest version and was removed, per their policy.

I’m not saying I agree with this policy, I’m only saying that for future planning, we all have to keep that in mind: Every year, as the newest major version is released, the third oldest major version will be dropped from the installer. If Lightroom Classic 15 is released next year, then we already know version 13 will be removed from the installer at that time.

So if you want to keep an older version than the last two, you must never uninstall it.

And if you don’t want to uninstall it, then:

• If the Creative Cloud app installer has Auto-Update enabled, make sure that “Remove Old Versions” is disabled. 
• If the Creative Cloud app installer has Auto-Update disabled, then if you choose to install a newer version, then watch for the “Remove Old Versions” option to come up during the manual installation and make sure it is not enabled. 

[dsfvea_8806]

Yes, the developers do not provide the old version. Maybe one of the users still has it?

[dj_paige]

Yes, the developers do not provide the old version. Maybe one of the users still has it?

By @dsfvea_8806

According to reports from other users here in the forum, if you ask Adobe they will provide the download link.

[Mila31787628pyep]

I tried to talk to 2 adobe agents but they only gave the link for 12.0 but i need the 12.5.1 or 12.5.2 too. Did you get a working link por any of this versions?

[dj_paige]

Typically Adobe has the last release of any version of software available for download. Are you sure it is 12.0? How do you know it is not 12.5.2?

[Mila31787628pyep]

Because i installed, the link already says 12.0 and after installing i saw that it really was v12.0

[DdeGannes]

@Mila31787628pyep , Just a thought, now that you have LrC 12.0 installed have you checked the options available for updates to the application in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application on your computer?

[Mila31787628pyep]

I tried it but still only option showing is v13.0 after v12.0 

[DdeGannes]

It's likely the issue is you need to have at least have LrC v13.3 or earlier to utilize the Sync features in Adobe Creative Cloud.
Just my opinion.

[christinef58502318]

I talked with Adobe Support via online chat a few days ago to also get 12.5.2 but was told that they, to quote:

"only have the base versions available i.e., version 12.0, 13.0 and 14.0"

If only v13/14 had not had so many problems we would not need to go back to v12!   Adobe??

[Mila31787628pyep]

That's absolutelly true and i'm trying to get a installer for v12.5.2 for about 10 hours now since the adobe agents told me they only have 12.0 and 13.0 and i cant find in any place