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brhull
brhull
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October 21, 2017
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Unexpected Error Opening Catalog

  • October 21, 2017
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I merged my LR catalogs and lost my develop edit history. I deleted my previous catalogs but have now recovered them. However when I try to open the old catalog files I get the message 'unexpected error opening catalog'. How do I recover my old catalog and restore my edit history?

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    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    October 26, 2017

    Hi Brhull,

    As you're getting an Unexpected error, could you please try the steps mentioned on this article and let us know if it works for you: Error: 'Unexpected error opening catalog' occurs in Lightroom after Windows 10 upgrade.


    Regards,
    Sahil

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    akkujukka
    Participating Frequently
    November 29, 2017

    Hi Sahil or an other expert!

    I have Windows 10 Fall Creator update.  Updated about 10.nov.2017. After updateing my Lightroom (6.12) stopped to work. I can´t open my Lightroom. If I try I get this information:

    I have used button "Choose a Different Catalog" After this I get a new box:

    So, "Choose a Different Catalog". Where is it ? I didn`t find different catalog. I just finded Lightroom Catalog.lrcat  and it doesn`t work.

    Next I tried: Create a New Catalog"-button. Thank you, but how does it work? What am I force to do?

    I have tried advices as down mentioned.

    Solutions

        

    Solution 1: Install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012

        

    • Right-click on the Lightroom.exe file.
    • Choose Run as administrator.

        

    • Right-click on that folder.
    • Choose Properties > Security > Edit.
    • Select your user name in the Group or user names section. and click Full Control under Permissions.
    • Click Apply, then click OK out of all the dialog boxes.

    Thanks for solutions, but these don`t work.

    I realy need advices but simple and easy, please. (I am not an engineer)

    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    November 29, 2017

    Thank you for sharing the information with us, please let us know did you "Upgrade" the catalog after you updated to Lightroom 6.12?

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