Won't open on Windows 7 - trial mode??

[ian_z]

I was using my Lightroom cc and Adobe account just fine as recently as the end of October 2023 but when I tried to open my Lightroom catalog right now I got a box asking if I wanted to load the trial software. I'm currently running on a Windows 7 machine but have been working on my catalog to get it ready to transfer to my new Win 11 machine. But now I can't even get to my catalog?

What gives? Has Adobe changed something in the last couple of weeks? I just checked and my Adobe account is current and active.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Lightroom requires Windows 10.  That is not a new requirement. 

[ian_z]

What I have has been working FINE up to a couple weeks ago. Been using it this way for many years (since 2017).

Now it won't even open at all except to a small box that says "Sign-in required" and something about trial software.

I don't see how Windows 10 is relavant to this discussion. Over the last few months I've imported and edited hundreds of images all under Windows 7 with no issues.

Is this just an authentication issue? I seem to be connected ok to Adobe servers.

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/system-requirements.html 

It has been that way since release: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-cc-1-0-released/#:~:text=Today%2C%20October%2018%202017%2C%.... 

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Please go to Help>System Info… and provide us the exact installed version number of your software. 

[ian_z]

Thanks for trying, but this is the problem - I can't get the program to open at all. I just get the pop up box that says "Sign-in required".

[ian_z]

I bailed on trying to recover the Win7 based install. followed some info frm the Lightroom Queen site and moved over to a Win11 based install ...

Well, that seemed to work out ok. Yay!

I pretty much followed the playbook as given  in "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom  Moving to a New Computer", 2022 release, by Victoria Bampton and Paul McFarlane.  As Rob described above, I copied the files (catalogs and backups, photos (that took a while!), and then settings and preferences) and folder structure from the old machine to the new machine - a couple minor differences, like Windows user name.

Then went to my Adobe account, dl'd the Creative Cloud app, then installed LR Classic and PS.

Navigated to my old catalog and  double clicked on it. LR updated the catalog file and then it seems to have opened up fine.

I'll know more over the next week, but so far, so good.