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Can't see my files in Navigation panel of Library

Nov 23, 2011 4:12 PM

This is my third effort at posting thjis question - the last two came back "Error - can't post blank message" I just sent a test message all in text and it went, so I'll try sending without screen shots.

 

Usually when I Import I select what I want to Import from the left panel of the Library interface. I open Folders, then my C drive (whatever) and go from there. My entire file structure is displayed and I can navigate anywhere I want.

 

Tonight all that is displayed under Folders - C Drive is a listing of already imported folders. It's a list compiled from within Lightroom, not my computer's file directory.

 

I am not in Catalog and there is no slider to the left of the list - plus the list is not even a portion of my file list, it is something altogether else.

 

I was able to do a clumsy import by using File Import, which brought up an interface I have never seen before, much less used. I was able to "select a source" there and browse my files. But it was unfamiliar and I need to get my navigation window back to showing what's on my C drive when I click Folders - C Drive. Help?

 

Sorry about no screen shots, I'm afraid to lose another message. Fingers crossed.

 

Thanks

987 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Hal P Anderson, Dec 7, 2011 12:30 PM
 
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  • Geoff the kiwi
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    1. Geoff the kiwi,
    Nov 23, 2011 5:01 PM   in reply to RLCadence
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    Please do pur up a screen shot of the problem area.

     
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  • Hal P Anderson
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    2. Hal P Anderson,
    Nov 23, 2011 5:14 PM   in reply to RLCadence
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    Screen shots work. You need to use the camera icon:

     

    Adobe Forums Can't see my files in Navigation panel of Library - Mozilla Firefo_2011-11-23_21-12-18.jpg

     

    Hal

     
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    3. Jimre3,
    Nov 23, 2011 7:51 PM   in reply to RLCadence
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    The LIBRARY module isn't supposed to show you all of your drives & folders - it only shows those drives & folders which contain pictures from the current catalog.

     

    The IMPORT dialog, on the other hand, should show ALL of your devices, drives, and folders - every place you might want to import pictures from.  Did you actually click the IMPORT button before starting this process?

     
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    4. RLCadence,
    Nov 25, 2011 6:59 AM   in reply to Jimre3
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    Jim-

     
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    5. RLCadence,
    Dec 7, 2011 11:31 AM   in reply to Jimre3
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    Jim (also Geoff and Hal)-

     

    Still haven't solved this. Here's another try at a screenshot, showing just below this text for me, of my Library interface showing the C drive listed in the left panel and not showing the C drive contents. Only, as you said is intended, what is already in Lightroom. LR Library.PNG

    I thought if I was not in "Catalog" I had been able, in the past, to select from anything in my C crive simply by opening that folder in the panel.

    When I click import it is usually - from memory - to start the import of the already selected items. For a time that's what was happening from the above screen if I selected Import. It would apparently start re-importing the selected items and without presenting the usual familiar dialog asking about file naming, etc. Now, however, clicking Import bring up this:

    LR Import dialp unfamiliar.PNG

    Never saw this black horizontal dialog box before this situation arose. I was able to import but not as usual and I would like to get back the square (moreso at least) "white" dialog box. No clue what's going on or how to get bact to familiar ground. Ideas?

     
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    6. Hal P Anderson,
    Dec 7, 2011 12:30 PM   in reply to RLCadence
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    Yes. Click on the button with the triangle in the lower left corner:

     

    Adobe Forums Can't see my files in Navigation panel of Library - Mozilla Firefo_2011-12-07_16-27-58.jpg

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