Windows lightroom classic stuck at Launch

[agabelut]

how to solve this problem you see in printscreen? Lightroom is not doing more (already 6 months I can not do anything!) {Thread renamed}

[Sameer K]

Hey, @agabelut. Welcome to Lightroom Classic Community. I'll help you figure this out.

What version of Lightroom Classic and the operating system are you working on? Where do you keep your Lightroom Catalog? On an internal drive or an external drive?

To begin troubleshooting, reset Lightroom Classic following the second (manual) method from this article: https://adobe.ly/3SrAggp

If the above step does not help, try these steps:

• Go to Task Manager> Processes > Look for Lightroom Classic.exe > End task/force quit.
• Go to the Lightroom Classic's installation folder. (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic - by default)
• Right-click on Lightroom.exe & select 'Run as administrator'
  
  

Let me know how it goes. Thanks!

Sameer K

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[AxelMatt]

As a first step you should try to resett the preferences of Lightroom Classic:  How to reset Lightroom Classic preferences (adobe.com)

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

If that doesn't help, there is the possibility of a faulty catalog or defective preview cache. 

Hold the Ctrl-Key while starting LrC. This opens a catalog selection dialog.

First select the appropriate recent catalog and let it check it – note the checkmark "Test integrity of this catalog" to check its integrity. If that doesn't help, try to create a new one and see if this catalog works. If yes, you could then try to import your current catalog into the new one.

For deleting the preview cache goto the folder that contains your Lightroom catalog in Windows Explorer. The default location is in the ...\Pictures\Lightroom folder under your user folder. Search the [Catalog-name] Previews.lrdata file and drag it to the trash. Then restart Lightroom.