Problems importing presets into folders in lightroom 9.2 (Windows 10)

[morten_lysgaard]

I have a lot of presets organized in folders, but when i import them, thay all just go to "User Presets"
I have tried to use the import function in Lightroom on ZIP files for each folder, and i have tried to place the folders manually through the explorer window.
They all still ends up in the User Presets folder (Where you can only move one preset at a time to another folder)

How do i get Lightroom to organize my presets in folders like i see them in an explorer window?

Thank you in advance

[Rob_Cullen · Accepted solution]

The Preset Groups you see in the Develop Preset panel, since Version 7.2 and .XMP presets, no longer mirror the folder structure on disk.

The Group of a preset is determinbed by an internal name within the .XMP preset file.

Your best result can be obtained by a plugin by John Ellis- http://www.johnrellis.com/lightroom/fixpresets.htm

And research the details of Preset management-

https://lightroomkillertips.com/managing-develop-presets-7-3-update-classic/

http://natephotographic.com/lightroom-classic-7-3-presets-sorted-wrong-order/

And this video discusses Profiles and Presets- (although the Feb2020 changes to Import Profiles has changed again!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYx899_tNP8

[morten_lysgaard]

The plugin worked like a charm!
Thanks 🙂
/Morten 

[jessestormer]

Thank goodness it does -- this change makes no sense to me

[majid35683708pomq]

i had no issue or at least the issue i have now after installing this plugin !

i assume that this plugin will fix the issue i have with presets that they are not importing correctly with their folders (they are importing without their folder name under user preset)

but right now after using the plugin in order to fix this issue all folders of my presets gone and they are catgorized under user preset folder !

now i can not recognize my presets and i can not make folders for them sepratly !

for exampel i had many presets that i made and i could recognize them by their folder name and inside the folder i named my prests by order of numbers and right now i have 20 number 1,2,3 presets and i can not reconize and reorganize them ! almost feeling heart attack and i don't have back up for my recent colors pls some one help

[majid35683708pomq]

I had no issue, or at least not the issue I'm facing now, after installing this plugin. I assumed the plugin would fix the issue I had with presets not importing correctly with their folders (they were importing without their folder names under the user preset). However, right now, after using the plugin to address this problem, all my preset folders are gone, and they are categorized under the 'user preset' folder. Now, I cannot recognize my presets, and I cannot create separate folders for them. For example, I had many presets that I made, and I could identify them by their folder names. Inside the folders, I named my presets in numerical order. But now, I have 20 presets named 'number 1,' '2,' '3,' and so on, and I cannot recognize or reorganize them! I'm almost having a panic attack, and I don't have a backup of my recent colors. Please, someone help.

[Rob_Cullen]

@majid35683708pomq  My post answer from 2020 no longer is relevant for v1.19 of the Plugin.

I am not conversant with this new version, so you will need help from the author @johnrellis