Lost photo's on Lightroom Classic

[Kavita28255289rq70]

I have tried to locate missing photo's but cannot. The message is "xxx could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" I press locate. It still cannot find them. I have looked at your pages on this subject and still no joy. I fear they may be in the recycle bin but cannot retrieve them from there either.

[JohanElzenga]

Lightroom will not locate it, you have to do that in the dialog that comes up. Perhaps you should search in Windows Explorer first if you do not know where it is either.

[Kavita28255289rq70]

Hi there,

I have tried searching in the dialogue box, but I cannot find them. In addition I keep getting messages like this everytime (see image) I am trying to edit any image and this and other messages keep coming up.

Please can someone advise.

Many thanks,

Kavita



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[Kavita28255289rq70]

Hi Johan, 

I have tried searching in  the dialogue box, but I cannot find them. In addition I keep getting messages like this everytime (see image) I am trying to edit any image and this and other messages keep coming up. Something is wrong, but I do not know what is wrong to make right? 

[dj_paige]

To repeat what Johan has already said:

"Perhaps you should search in Windows Explorer first if you do not know where it is either."

Did you search using Windows Explorer to find the photo(s)?

[JohanElzenga]

In addition I keep getting messages like this everytime (see image) I am trying to edit any image and this and other messages keep coming up. Something is wrong, but I do not know what is wrong to make right? 

By @Kavita28255289rq70

This is a totally unrelated problem. It looks like you keep your catalog folder in Dropbox. That is not advisable because there are lots of problem with Dropbox lately.

[Kavita28255289rq70]

Hi Johan, I can't still locate the photo's. On the second issue re Dropbox, I guess I just need to move this folder elsewhere on my laptop? How do most people set this up? I seem to be downloading from my SD card to a hard drive via Lightroom. Totally confused about what is being saved on my laptop, where and why!

[JohanElzenga]

There are basically two folders; the folder where the Lightroom catalog is stored and the folder where your images are stored. By default the Lightroom catalog folder is stored in your Pictures folder, so I assume most people leave it there. In your case it seems you stored that folder inside the Dropbox folder for some reason, and that is causing these error messages. If you don't have a compelling reason to have it there, I suggest you move it to your Pictures folder. Then, to let Lightroom know where it is, open the folder and launch Lightroom by double clicking the catalog file (the file with the .lrcat extension). You only have to do this once.

The folder where your images are stored is selected in the Import dialog. This can be anywhere, even on a different drive (many people use a separate external drive for their images). I'm sorry but I can't tell you where you stored your images.