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I accidentally erased catalog from desktop, what should I do now?

oscar26234311ptok
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Dec 25, 2022 Dec 25, 2022

I accidentally erased catalog from unit C then I recovered it from trash and put it back in place but now it doesn't appear in catalog, I have all my pics saved in a external hard drive but I can't open them what should I do now?

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TheDigitalDog
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Dec 25, 2022 Dec 25, 2022

You say you recovered it. What happens if you double-click on it? It can't 'locate' the images or it doesn't open?

Its possible you didn't really recover it or fully. Hopefully you have a back up. 

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Dec 25, 2022 Dec 25, 2022
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Restore a recent backup copy of your catalog file.

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