If you can't launch Lightroom, or Lightroom crashes before you can clear the Use Graphics Processor check box, here's how to manually disable this preference:
Navigate to one of the following:
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Dear community,
Good afternoon,
I've been using Lightroom 6 on my system for quite some time and now for several days it's been crashing every time I start it (right after the splash screen). I have reinstalled it, but didn't change anything.
Do you have any idea about how to continue?
Here is the key data on my PC:
Operating system: Win10 Home (64Bit)
Processor: Ryzor5 3600X
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660 Super
If you have any questions or suggestions, kindly let me know. I am very happy for any hint, that might fix the issue.
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Adobe allowed its license of the third-party face-recognition module used in LR 6 to lapse in December, and now LR 6 often crashes during startup and later. See this bug report for partial workarounds:
Please add your constructive opinion to the bug report, and be sure to click Like and Follow at the bottom of the first post. That will ma
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Hi there,
Sorry that Lightroom 6 on your Windows 10 computer crashes right after the start.
If you can't launch Lightroom, or Lightroom crashes before you can clear the Use Graphics Processor check box, here's how to manually disable this preference:
Navigate to one of the following:
Relaunch Lightroom.
Let us know how it goes.
Thanks,
Akash
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Hello,
i am using LR6 on my Mac (MacOs High Sierra 10.13.6). I have the same problem - LR6 crashes right after the splash screen since yesterday. It started to crash down after an update to high sierra, but still I was able to restart LR6 and no work has been damaged. But since yesterday I am not even able to start LR. I tried to follow navigations above - but I can´t find com.adobe.lightroomCC. plist on my mac. Is there any other solution i can try?
Thanx for your reply
Nadja
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Deleting preferences won't allow LR 6 to run correctly. See this previous post for why LR 6 won't run:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/lightroom-6-crashes-at-start/m-p/11800198#M222511
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The link you provided for bug fixes no longer works. Please update.
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I followed your instructions Akash, but found that the useAutoBahn was already set to "false", so I changed it to "true"!
Now it seems to load without crashing. So thanks for pointing me to the problem are , but ......?
Michael
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Adobe allowed its license of the third-party face-recognition module used in LR 6 to lapse in December, and now LR 6 often crashes during startup and later. See this bug report for partial workarounds:
Please add your constructive opinion to the bug report, and be sure to click Like and Follow at the bottom of the first post. That will make it a little more likely that Adobe will prioritize a fix, and you'll be notified when the bug's status changes.
[Use the blue reply button under the first post to ensure replies sort properly.]
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Removing the face information folder C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Lightroom \ CIT solved the issue on my side.
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Thanks. This worked for me unlike the rest of the suggestions on this page!
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"This worked for me unlike the rest of the suggestions on this page!"
To elucidate for those reading in linear rather than threaded view: What worked for you was "Removing the face information folder C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Lightroom \ CIT".
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This bug report link no longer works 😞
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The old 'Feedback' forum was shutdown for that link.
If you are looking for forum posts referring to "Face Detection crashing Lightroom 6 (Perpetual) "
See the "-Manually" Chapter for resetting Preferences in this link-
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/
And mention of the failings of Lr6 (Perpetual) here-
https://petapixel.com/2020/12/24/adobe-lightroom-v6-is-falling-apart/
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Hey
I have tried the above solutions but none of them have worked for me. It is still crashing every time I start it (right after the splash screen)
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If you've on Windows, you have may have a version earlier than 6.14 -- many people have reported the recently started crashing on startup. Download and install 6.14 following these instructions:
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Thank you John - it works :-). I used this link to download version 6.14. https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cc-2015-updates-links-windows.html#lightroom
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This worked for me as well. Thanks so much. 👍
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The link provided no longer works. Please update as I'm having this issue now with Lightroom 6 crashing at startup.
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I've posted multiple links here. Are you referring to this:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/lightroom-6-crashes-at-start/m-p/11800198#M222511
That thread is in the old feedback forum, and apparently it wasn't copied here last year in the migration (many weren't). There may be similar threads here, but I can't find them right now on my phone.
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I'm referring to the bug report linked within that link for the workaround. Thanks.