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Lightroom Classic Running Slow on Windows 11

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
February 11, 2023
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Computer Specs.

Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz

64.0 GB RAM

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

1 TB SS Drive with 737GB Free

8 TB data drive with 4 TB free

Updated from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a few months after release.

Eversince update Lightoom Classic runs really really slow, locking up all the time, won't load photos, takes it's time to process photos. Processing RAW images from older Canon 7D. I have made all the normally suggested performance suggestions. I have removed Lightroom and reinstalled. The only think I haven't done is remove all of Adobe and reinstall.

Any Suggestions?

Windows

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AMy34052325cw60

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MIne is painfully slow, I am stsarting to explore other editing programs. I just waited over a minute to export 2 photos with no AI adjustments, I have a new machine with 32g SSD, my photos are on my desktop, and it's killing my productivity, badly. It's locking up on export, taking excrutiatingly long to export and I am kgetting the "Lightroom has encountered an error". I am exhausted and ready to move to something else. My machine is brand new and the ONLY apps downloaded are LRC and PS. I am beyond frustrated, especially since this is a subscription so I pay every month to be slower, and slower.

GoldingD

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MIne is painfully slow, I am starting to explore other editing programs. I just waited over a minute to export 2 photos with no AI adjustments, I have a new machine with 32g SSD, my photos are on my desktop, and it's killing my productivity, badly. It's locking up on export, taking excruciatingly long to export and I am getting the "Lightroom has encountered an error". I am exhausted and ready to move to something else. My machine is brand new and the ONLY apps downloaded are LRC and PS. I am beyond frustrated, especially since this is a subscription so I pay every month to be slower, and slower.

By @AMy34052325cw60

Please create your own posting in Discussions for your problem, instead of adding yourself as a “Me To” in this posting that is more than a year old now. The Original Poster (OP), the Author had this issue:

"Updated from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a few months after release. Ever since update Lightroom Classic runs really really slow"

And while you are also having performance issues, you are having specifically issues in Export, complete with an error message (not in the OP) And both the Operating System, and Lightroom Classic have had updates since the OP created this discussion.

And the issue has not (apparently) been solved

When create your own posting, please along with the description of the problem, include some minimal information about your rig:

Adobe product and version number
Operating system and version number
CPU Info
How much RAM
What GPU, make/model
What GPU Driver version
Error message(s) (if applicable)
Screenshots of the problem (if applicable)

Looking at your problem description, it may also be prudent if you shared a screenshot of your LrC Export Screen, And a screenshot of your LrC /Preferences/Performance/

And You should go ahead and right up front, in LrC click on Help, then System Information, Copy that System Information, And paste that into your post (perhaps minus all the gobbledygook after the plugin info)

examples of requested info attached.

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defaultg2wls6l1ad25

Known Participant

I had the same problem with exports taking FOREVER!!! In the end I decided, on a hunch really, to spend £500 on a newer more capable graphics card. The difference in time to export and time to 'Denoise' has been astounding. It flies through both jobs now in seconds rather than minutes.

What hasn't been fixed yet by Adobe is it's memory leaks when editing in the develop module. The machine can be happily using 6GB RAM in total and then all of a sudden it'll jump to 19GB or more and run dog slow! That memory never gets released so the only way to solve the problem is to close LR and re-open it. It's been like this since version 13.0 and I am SICK TO DEATH OF IT!!!!

Adobe charge a subscription for VERY POOR software that is inefficient, processing power hungry, memory mis-managed, and bug laden with stupid (often pointless) 'AI' features instead of solid reliable and dependable.

If I had time to learn another product and use that instead I would. - That day is approaching fast...

GdzieJestStach

Inspiring

I'm running into similar problem.

Updated system to Windows 11 and noticed that Lightroom Classic is running painfully slow.

I've reinstalled it, with deleting all it's files and caches except for my catalogue file.

On Windows 10 LR ran fine, both on CPU and with GPU acceleration enabled.

On Windows 11 LR is unusable on CPU only, edits takes seconds to update when moving any slider.

With GPU support editing is fast, almost as good as previously on Windows 10, but when adjusting the sliders, resolution is lowered much more often.

One more example, in Library, when scrolling with mouse on full size photos, changing photos is as fast as usual, but the appearing photo is pixelated for half a second before rendering in full quality. It's not a big issue, but on Windows 10 it was rendering ultra fast immediately in full resolution, even when mouse scrolling very, very fast through all my photos. I mention it just to show that there is some slowness hapenning somewhere.

lightroom-sysinfo.txt

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rkhan8

Participant

Well.. I got the exact same issue with windows 11.
It was running fine with windows 10 but when I switch to Windows 11, nightmare of photo editing with Lightroom Classic begins...
I have 3 SSD on my computer: 1 for windows, 1 for large files / games, 1 for software apps
Lightroom classic was installed on my third SSD which is dedicated for software apps.
When you install LrC on other drive instead of your principle drive (windows), for some reason it runs slow and increase your CPU usage ....
I finally decided to remove all caches and LrC folders from my third drive and reinstall it into my main drive (windows) and now, it runs smoothly.
I don't know why it happens only with windows 11 but my thought is that using LrC with windows 11 doesn't share the same amount of work between several drives.and it keeps looking caches/plugins and increase your CPU usage.

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John329314028p2a

Participant

Disable HDR in windows settings, it is a conflickt between nvidia drivers, win11 and lightroom. This is the only thing I've found that fixes it (other using CPU instead of GPU for acceleration).

Zdeto

Known Participant

Hi, I have the same issue here. My computer is pretty robust, with 32Gb RAM, I have LR insalled on SSD and my catalogues are also on SSD, Win11.

It runs excruciatingly slow. When I start the LR the interface freezes and takes tens of seconds until I can do anything. Most operations are sluggish, and it's painfull to work with it. Drives me nuts 😞

Ranjisha Sengupta

Legend

Hi @Zdeto

Thanks for reaching out. Which version of Lightroom is installed on your system?

Have you tried the steps mentioned by @johnrellis ? You can try optimizing the application, details here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html.
Let us know how it goes.

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giorgiom19958800

Participant

I can't edit a post, so I'm adding here my system info as saved from LR. I recorded a video to see how long it takes to start up and become usable. Windows is on SSD, the catalog is on SSD. This is not normal... 😉
https://youtu.be/t8fSTKNlGwI

I have the same problem, painful slow also with a new catalog on the same or other HDD or SSD. Chace purged, increased, etc. Nothing changed...

No one has a solution?

Ranjisha Sengupta

Legend

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. We are sorry for the trouble with Lightroom. We are here to help!

Could you please share the version of Lightroom Classic you are working with? The slowness in your system started after Windows 11 update, right? Does the freeze happen at random times or during any specific task or operation? Are only Adobe apps freezing/ slowing down, or do any other apps also behave similarly?

Most 2022 apps are compatible with Windows 11, and we are constantly testing and optimizing for the best performance. Please check this article to learn more: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/windows-11.html.

Suppose there are any pending updates for the operating system or graphics drives. Please check this to troubleshoot Windows system errors & freezes: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-system-errors-freezes-windows.html.

We hope this helps,

Regards,

Ranjisha

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Kirk BoutzAuthor

Participant

Sorry for the delay in replying. I am using the most current version of Lightroom Classic. I update when the updates drop. The slowness of Lightroom Classic started after updating to Windows 11. The Freezing happens randomly. I also notice it takes a while to load images back up when changing modules or folders. It also hangs up when apply setting to multiple images. Photoshop seems to run pretty well but Premier Pro is almost unusable. I don't use Illistrator very much so not sure on that one. The 3rd party apps I use with Adobe seem to run smoothly. It's almost like the Adobe apps are only using the CPU memory and not any of my RAM.

johnrellis

Legend

Try updating your graphics driver by going directly to the manufacturer's web site:
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-gpu.html#solution-4

If that doesn't help, please copy/paste here the entire contents of the LR menu command Help > System Info -- that will let us see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running.

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