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Hi! I have recently upgraded my computer, moved my pictures to a larger HDD, reinstalled the Lightroom and tried to migrate my old .lrcat into my new set-up. My old catalog is properly recognized (following an automatic upgrade) by Lightroom CC and the tree structure with all my 20,000 + photos appeared intact.
Because I had moved my photos to a new hard drive, there were question marks (?) besides every folder in the tree. When I right clicked on any folder, a "Find missing folder..." prompt was available. It was all OK upto this point.
Nevertheless, Lightroom does not allow me to select more than one folder simultaneously, and if I choose to find one missing folder, the whole folder tree but the very folder Lightroom recently found, disappears.
I have checked a lot of entries in the forum, but couldn't find a similar or helping case.
I will appreciate any help.
All the best
In the Folders Panel, navigate to the parent folder, then update that folder location.
https://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2019/02/showing-and-hiding-folders-in-lightroom-classic.html
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Instructions are here, see in particular Figure 4:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm
The tree hasn't disappered, it remains exactly where it was on the original hard disk; and a new folder (the one you did "Find Missing Folder" on) is created on the new drive.
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Thanks for the prompt respnse dj_paige. I had read that article before posting here. I did not lose my photos, I know where they are (Thank god!). (Nevertheless, I rechecked before replying)
My problem is: Lightroom does not show me other disconnected folders anymore. Therefore, I cannot link them (Lightroom folder tree elements) with appropriate folders on my HDD!
Hope this better clarifies my problem.
Thanks again.
Oh, one more thing: "Update folder location" option is not available in the menu when I right click any un-linked entry in Lightroom catalog.
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The othe disconnected folder are in the same place on the same drive they were originally stored in, and you can find them in your Lightroom Classic Folder panel. Unfortunately, I cannot read the text in your screen captures to be more specific.
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Sorry for my late response, but it was late at this side of the world 🙂 Thanks for following up the problem. In the picture below you see a folder tree in light room, all folders containing a question mark. I right clicked on the highlighted one and select the "Find missing folder..." option in the dropdown menu.
It finds the folder fine. But all other folders that I see in the previous image got lost in the folder tree. See the below picture.
(I have no problem with my photo files. I repeat, I know where they are...)
Hope the close ups will help. Thanks again.
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In the Folders Panel, navigate to the parent folder, then update that folder location.
https://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2019/02/showing-and-hiding-folders-in-lightroom-classic.html
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Thanks a lot davidg and (of course) dj_paige, for your interest in my (somewhat) stupid problem and your generous support...
Finally I am inspired by Mrs. Kost's advise. A summary of my actions below for future generations 🙂
Problem:
LR folder tree disaapears when a single "missing folder is found" amaong many. (See prevoius posts)
Root Cause:
The Volume that the photos reside has been changed.
Solution:
The problem solved! (at least for me)
All the best.