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kathymillatt
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July 14, 2018
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Lightroom Classic CC won't open

  • July 14, 2018
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Today, my Lightroom Classic CC won't open.  It was fine yesterday.  Today it will only show the opening splash screen and then nothing, it just goes away.

I'm running on a new iMac with the latest updates on it.  As the programme ran yesterday, I'm pretty sure it's not the machine that's the problem.

I can see this is a really common issue and the advice is to sign out of your account and sign back in.  I have done that, several times.  The support page also tells you to clear out some subfolders that just don't exist on the Mac but that whole folder went when I uninstalled.

I have uninstalled it and reinstalled, twice.  I have uninstalled every Adobe app and run the AdobeCreativeClouldCleaner tool to remove them all.  I've shutdown an restarted multiple times.

When I reinstall, Lightroom still won't work.

I'm at a loss as to what to do next.

Anyone able to help?

Thanks

Kathy

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    Correct answer kathymillatt

    I've gone back to my previous back up and all is working again.

    It's interesting but thank you for helping!

    Kathy

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    Robert Namer Photographe
    Participant
    May 30, 2023

    I fallen in the same ambush afteran upgrade to Ventura 13.4 I' get invariably "Adobe Lightroom CC left in a stunningway" Somebody can Help???

    Ian Lyons
    Community Expert
    Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 14, 2018

    Open the folder that contains your Lightroom catalog (probably in Pictures). Look for a file with 'lrcat.lock' extension. Remove it to trash, then try restarting Lightroom.

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      kathymillattAuthor
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      July 14, 2018

      Thanks Ian

      I tried that but it still won't open and recreates a new .lrcat.lock file.

      You got me thinking though so I moved the catalogue out of the pictures folder and now Lightroom starts.

      It must be something to do with the catalogue.

      You've given me another avenue so thank you!

      Kathy

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