Lightroom 6 crashes at start

[#1]

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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[#2]

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:

• (macOS) /Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.lightroomCC.plist
• (Windows) C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom CC\Preferences\Lightroom CC Preferences.agprefs
• Open the file Lightroom CC Preferences.agprefs (Windows) / com.adobe.lightroomCC.plist (macOS) in a text editor.
• Change the line useAutoBahn = true to useAutoBahn = false.
• Save and close the file Lightroom CC Preferences.agprefs (Windows) / com.adobe.lightroomCC.plist (macOS).

  Relaunch Lightroom.

Let us know how it goes. 

Thanks,

Akash

[#3 · Accepted solution]

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:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-classic/lightroom-classic-version-6-crashes-i...

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.

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[#4]

Removing the face information folder C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Lightroom \ CIT solved the issue on my side.