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Lightroom classic 15.1 doesn't open

Community Beginner ,
Dec 27, 2025 Dec 27, 2025

Can´t open Lightroom Classic 15.1 in a Windows 11 computer.
Already tryied Uninstall and Install again.
Laso tryied older versions.
It opens in bacground.

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LEGEND , Dec 27, 2025 Dec 27, 2025

Try unzipping a recent backup copy of your catalog file, and see if that file will open in LrC. Double-click on the unzipped catalog file in your operating system (Windows Explorer or Mac Finder) to open the file.

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LEGEND ,
Dec 27, 2025 Dec 27, 2025

Try unzipping a recent backup copy of your catalog file, and see if that file will open in LrC. Double-click on the unzipped catalog file in your operating system (Windows Explorer or Mac Finder) to open the file.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 29, 2025 Dec 29, 2025
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I think it worked! 
Going to try to work to see if everything is OK.
Thanks

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Community Expert ,
Dec 27, 2025 Dec 27, 2025

you can also try to reset the preferences of Lightroom Classic:  How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com)

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings: 

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

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
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Community Beginner ,
Dec 29, 2025 Dec 29, 2025

Already did that and it still doesn't open

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