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Lightroom Classic 10.2 not renaming files

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April 14, 2021
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As of this week, Lightroom Classic 10.2 is not renaming images inside of my folders. It's a process I've done forever and now simply isn't working. I have a 1 subfolder with my "selects" organized and sorted. I select all and inside the Library Module, rename the photos. But now, it's skipping files completely or simply not renaming them. What is going on?

I have reinstalled LR, deleted my preferences, created new catalogs which will work for a bit then it starts happening again. The catalogs are 200 images or less. Anyone else have this issue or solved it?

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Michael J. Hoffman

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Please (everyone with this issue) report it with your details in this thread in the Lightroom Feedback site:

Lightroom Classic: 10.2 batch file renaming not working | Adobe Photoshop Family

hilstills

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I am having the same issue... I am suddenly unable to batch rename my files. It worked perfectly fine just the other day, so I really don't understand what has happened. I am only able to successfully rename a file one at a time, which is simply not acceptable for my workflow. Has anyone figured out how to fix this? I have a deadline and batch renaming really is a must for me!!! Help!

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elko55

Participant

Same problem here. Very annoying.

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defaultbqdfnor7wvml

Participant

It's not renaming images in a subfolder for me either. It doesn't display an error. It simply does nothing. 10.2.

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Stacy Lynne Photo

Participant

I'm having the same issue. It renamed files for about 2 batches and now it simply won't rename anything at all. I've tried getting rid of my prefs thinking something might've been corrupted, but that did nothing.

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nycphotographerAuthor

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Yeah, that is what's been happening to me as well. I did have some success with renaming them in smaller batches for some reason. I also renamed my main folder to remove the + sign with the suggestions above. Hope that helps!

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JessicaWyld

Participant

Hey!

I'm having this issue too - I find that it only renames the selected files that are in view. Tad annoying! So I've just been reducing them to their minimum size so I can fit as many on screen as possible then renaming in batches. Clearly a bug, hopefully it gets fixed on the next update!

Jess

dj_paige

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Are there exclamation point icons on the photos? (Example here in Figure 2)

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nycphotographerAuthor

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I checked and I don't have a question mark. Just the "smart preview" icon in the corner.

dj_paige

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Exclamation point icon, not question mark icon

F. McLion

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What is your OS and where are the files you want to rename loacted?

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nycphotographerAuthor

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I'm using Mac OS Catalina 10.5.7

The files are located in the images folder here is the structure that I have always used. see screenshot.

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