I recently upgraded to the LR/Photoshop package and use LR Classic. When I now import photos from my card reader I get the message no photos found. This is because when my Canon formats a card it then puts the photos in a subdirectory. It seems the default for LR is to leave the "include subdirectories" unchecked. Is there a way to make the deault to include subdirectories? I could just be missing something obvious so I figure I'd ask the experts here. Coming from LR6 I could do this. Thanks for any help.
Updated info: After some testing this happens when I simply plug in my memory card to the reader and LR auto-starts. If LR is already running and I plud in a card, the include subdirectories box is automatically checked. Can I get the check box to stay on?
Thanks CM, but I can't get it to stick. I click the "include subfolders" in both the center of the screen and in the panel on the left side. I've tried all sorts of combinations and can't get it to stay selected. Not earth-shattering but an annoyance than I never had with LR6. As I stated above what is odd is the include check mark stays on if I'm already working in LR and want to add photos. But it does not automatically stay on if I simply insert a card and LR auto-starts.
Do you use an import preset? If not, give that a try. Anytime you change your method of import from Copy to Add or change any other parameter you will see (edited) in your preset and it will remember the last settings you had. So if you have imported from a card and then from another source and then back to the card it will not remember what settings you had prior to the last import. Hope that isn't too confusing.
For a work-around, you seem to have already found one in that you just need to start LR before inserting the memory card, or turn off the auto-start of LR and start it manually after the card insert.
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