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kathleenz45920713
kathleenz45920713
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July 2, 2024
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Lightroom Classic Not Opening

  • July 2, 2024
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Lightroom Classic is not opening. Photoshop and Bridge open right away. I'm not sure what the issue is. I did notice a corupt catalog folder in the lightroom folder, but I'm not sure what that means. I've tried to uninstall and install again and also reset the preferences. 

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GoldingD
GoldingD
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July 2, 2024

Please post a screenshot of the folder the catalog is in. As seen when using Windows File Explorer

 

example:

 

 

kathleenz45920713
kathleenz45920713Author
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July 2, 2024

 

 

kathleenz45920713
kathleenz45920713Author
Participant
July 2, 2024

So in that first photograph you have a lock file. If LrC was not running when you took that, and if that lock file is for the catalog you wanted to open. Then something went wrong the last time you ran LrC, either it crashed, or you force quit LrC, as a result the lock file did not get deleted, and prevents opening that catalog.

 

 

see:

 

 

P.S. for better screenshots, stop using a camera and use the keyboard, see:

or use a third party app, like PicPick (a free one is available)

 

 


I since deleted the lock file but still not able to open it. Also, when I open task manager lightroom is in the background processes. 

 

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