Lightroom 6.14 won't open

[cynthiac63018198]

Hi, 

I have Lightroom 6.14 on a MacBook Air, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.  I tried to open it up the other day and it crashed and I've been unable to open it up.  I receive this message: "The last time you opened Lightroom, it was unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to reopen its windows again." I tried to remove the lrcat lock file and it did not work.  Just looking for advice to open Lightroom.  Thanks, Cynthia

[AxelMatt]

In a first step you should try to reset the Lightroom preferences.

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

Backup your preferences prior to resetting the preferences: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

If this doesn't help 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)

[cynthiac63018198]

Alex, Thanks for your suggestions. I used another method that worked well.  I changed the date on my computer to 2018 and was able to reopen LR.  I noticed that face recognition and I turned if off. I then closed down LR and changed the date on my compter back to the present.  I was surprised that the face recognition function was on  because I have never used it. 

Cynthia