Lightroom showing other Files than selected in thumbnails

[Dave Knörnschild]

I have the strange problem that when i click on a picture, it wont show up. I have to switch to develop mode back an forth to make it happen. When i export a picture, it wont export selected, always first of the collection / folder... Very frustrating.

I have attached a video showing the issue. System informations also attached as help.txt

Thanks a lot!

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

Strange indeed. A couple things to try:

1. In Library, go to Grid view by doing the menu command View > Grid. Then restart LR.

2. Try resetting LR's preferences: 
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help.

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[Dave Knörnschild]

At first, thanks a lot for your answer.
Restarting does not help, so i will try to reset the pref file - hope this will fix it!

[Dave Knörnschild · Accepted solution]

Resetting the preferences by holding shift + alt at program launch fixed the issue. 

[johnrellis]

Glad you got it resolved. It's unfortunate that after all these years Adobe still hasn't fixed preferences.

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