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HalesComet10
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September 15, 2019
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This File Could Not Be Found

  • September 15, 2019
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Hey Everyone,

 

I feel pretty stupid for asking this, but I'm getting an error saying "This File Could Not Be Found" when I try looking at my already edited photos in Lightroom Classic. Now, I did clear my memory card but I assume that shouldn't affect it. I don't recall doing anything else in Lightroom Classic to cause this but maybe I did... I thought Lightoom Classic saves these photos on a cloud? After I edited the photos I would export them to my desktop, upload them to facebook, and then delete what I saved to my desktop. What did I do?!

 

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    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    September 16, 2019

    See:

     

    http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

     

    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    September 16, 2019
    That is an excellent reference. However, there is nothing on that page that will enable the user to recover images that have been deleted from the computer. And that is apparently what has happened in this case.
    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 15, 2019

    It sounds like you have deleted the 'original' camera files from your hard-drive.

    The exclamation mark on your previews confirms that Lightroom does not know where your files are.

    "Missing" files can go missing in Lightroom if you use the OS to Delete, Move, or Rename the files.

    If you have deleted from the hard-drive AND cleared the memory card- your only hope is to use recovery software to restore the files.

    eg. "Recuva"  https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    September 15, 2019

    Lightroom Classic does NOT automatically upload your images to the cloud. If you create a collection of images, and then choose to share that collection, then smart previews of those images will be sent to the cloud. But the master images remain on your computer. If you deleted the images from your computer after you finished editing them, then they are gone.

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    Community Expert
    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 15, 2019

    Lightroom Classic keeps your files on your computer where you tell it to during the import process.   The other Lightroom CC is cloud based for storage. 

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