Missing Files are Actually Missing- Remove Notification Banner from Preview?

[alisonb19422137]

Hello!    I have missing files that I know are definitely missing (My hard drive crashed- literally- it was attacked by the robot vacuum).  I thought everything was backed up, but it wasn't).  The LR previews (but not smart previews) are still there, but of course, when I click on them, the notification banner "The file named  70729485329.CR2 is offline or missing" is displayed across the top. 

I have already mourned the loss of the photos, and have decided that I am going to set my camera up to take photos of the preview on the screen.  I know this is not ideal- but I don't know of another way to salvage the memories.  My question is, is there a way to remove the "missing" notification banner from the top of the preview so that the preview displays just the photo?

Thank you so much!!

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi Alison,

Sorry to hear about the missing files, could you please let us know the exact version of Lightroom you're working on by going to Help > System Info?

Also, could you try tapping the letter i when have the preview opened and see if the banner disappears?

Regards,
Sahil