Failed to initialize camera raw

[sepanzakarian]

Lightroom seemed to be working last week now I can not launch it. 

Apple M1 Max

MacOS Ventura 13.1

can anyone help or advise? 

 

[Jim Wilde]

I would try uninstalling Lightroom via the Creative Cloud app, then re-install it. Does that fix the problem?

[sepanzakarian]

I just tried that same message. 

[Jim Wilde]

You could try resetting the preferences file: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

That often fixes odd problems, so maybe it'll fix this.

[sepanzakarian]

So I tried this in two ways.


Just removing and deleting the preferences/restarting that did not work.

I uninstalled and then deleted the preferences second round and that did not work as well just keeps giving me the same error.

[Jim Wilde]

Thanks for the update. But you've now tried most of the things I would have suggested, so we might need an Adobe rep to step in here with a better suggestion.

Although it doesn't sound a likely fix, the only other thing I would try if I was having this problem would be to reset my local library. The problem with doing that is that any work (including edits or new images) that have not yet synced to the cloud would be lost, so it's not something to be taken lightly. Might be better to wait for an Adobe rep (or someone with a better idea) to post.

[Jim Wilde]

BTW, what version of Lightroom are you using? If you're not updated to the latest 6.1 version it would be worth trying that at least.

[Jim Wilde]

@sepanzakarian 

Check out this thread: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-discussions/p-lightroom-error-failed-...

It sounds very similar, and an Adobe rep has just responded with a suggested action. You might want to look at that and give it a go?

[william284736696ghu]

I had same issue with "Failed to initialize camera raw". Following the thread, Zip file extraction paste into Terminal works to open Lightroom now ! Thanks