Total number of pictures in a folder remain the same after mass deletion of rejected photos

[Giovanni Stoto]

Version 15

Windows 11 PRO

I imported 6464 RAw files, marked 5096 as rejected and eventually deleted all jected photos with CTRL + BACKSPACE: I ended up with a folder that still says 6464 photos but in practuce only  1395 photos are present (verified from file explorer)

I then marked as rejected one more photo and deleted again all rejected photos: I ended up with a folder saying 6463 photos but in practice only  1394 photos are present (verified from file explorer).

To solve I had to remove the folder from catalog and reimport again.

[JohanElzenga]

Most likely the 'catalogname helper.lrdata' got corrupted, so if it happens again, don't remove the image folder from the catalog. Instead quit Lightroom, delete the helper.lrdata from your catalog folder and start Lightroom again.

[Giovanni Stoto]

aha ok thx