restore facial recognition backup. Where are the data files?

[andrew9991999]

Hi,

i had to reinstall my OS. I installed Lighroom classic and restored my catalog file and all files of my user- and app data back to c:\users\name\.

No when i start Lightroom, no scanned facial data was recognized. Where are my data files of the facial recognition saved? I´m sure i have all data except the program folder where Lightroom was installed.

Any ideas?

Thx, Andrew

[Ian Lyons · Accepted solution]

The facial recognition data is stored in the catalog along with all the other data applied to your photos by the camera or you during/after import. Therefore, if it's really missing, then you may well have restored an earlier catalog.

Also, check that Face Detection is enabled (see metadata panel in Catalog Settings).

[andrew9991999]

Thanks for your quick reply!

I have checked my catalog. I only have one catalog. I use it about 2 years. After installing Lightroom the program said that my photos must be reindexed. My original catalog is named "Lightroom_Katalog_01_SSD.lrcat". Now a new catalog was created by LR called "Lightroom_Katalog_01_SSD-2.lrcat". They have 320.000 KB and 358.000 KB.

LR recognized 3 faces with 2-4 pictures with the right name. Therefore LR knows some faces. Unfortunately the other 80 faces are not shown.

Indexing and rescanning folders are finished over night.

I don't know where my other recognizations are. 

[andrew9991999]

Ok ok. My fault. I had selected a subfolder.

My facials are back again and I am happy now.

Many thanks and sorry if I wasted your time.

Andrew