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1. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Nevada Shooter Jun 26, 2013 6:02 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)Are there any system people out there that can give me an idea where to look to solve this?
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2. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
areohbee Jun 26, 2013 6:24 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)Nevada Shooter wrote:
I told it to remove the catalog entries for missing files
How did you tell it? (I'm not being a "smarty", but it might be worth knowing and even trying a couple different ways to see if there is a difference...).
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3. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Nevada Shooter Jun 26, 2013 6:43 PM (in response to areohbee)I started by going to the Library pulldown menu and selecting Find Missing Photos. Lightroom then displayed about 20 boxes with file names. Normally there would have been previews in those boxes, but in this case the preview area was blank. I selected all the boxes, right clicked on one and selected the Delete Photos menu item. Nothing happened. I tried agian with individual photos, with the same result. I later created a new Tiff from one of the Raw files and then tried to delete the Tiff by selecting it and right clicking on it and selecting the Delete Photo menu item. Agian nothing happened. No error messages either. I also tried Delete Photo from the Photo pulldown menu and also the Backspace key. No effect in any case.
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4. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
areohbee Jun 26, 2013 6:50 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)Hmm - that's odd. Hard to know if it even tried...
Have you tried splat-delete?
Windows: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Delete.
Mac: Cmd-Opt-Shift-Delete.
Beware: it will delete from disk and catalog without prompt or warning...
Also, I would try being in the folders instead of a collection, since delete means something different depending on type of photo source.
Rob
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5. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Bob Somrak Jun 26, 2013 7:22 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)There was a bug in LR4. See the following thread
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5224784#5224784
It appears to be fixed in LR5
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6. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Nevada Shooter Jun 26, 2013 7:32 PM (in response to areohbee)I just tried Ctrl-Alt-Shift Delete and that works. There is another method on the tread that Bob Somrak referred to and I will try it an see what it does.
The catalogs that are having trouble were last used in 2007 for one and 2011 for the other. 2007 would certainly have been an older version of Lightroom, and I think I installed LR4 in 2012, so the other catalog may have been created in LR3. Since the Catalog I use all the time does not have the problem, I am wondering if the version of LR that created the catalog has anything to do with it? But then again, my main catalog was originally created in LR1.
I really don't use collections very much. I normally work from folders and use keywords heavily.
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7. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Nevada Shooter Jun 26, 2013 7:49 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)I tried Alt-Delete suggested in the other thread and it will remove a photo from the catalog but not from disk.
My catalog that was last used in 2011 appears to be working normally now that I got rid of the missing files. The other catalog still has problems.
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8. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
areohbee Jun 26, 2013 7:54 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)Nevada Shooter wrote:
I really don't use collections very much.
After running "Find All Missing Photos", you'll be in a collection.
Nevada Shooter wrote:
The catalogs that are having trouble were last used in 2007 for one and 2011 for the other.
Yeah, if it's catalog-dependent you got a snafu in there somewhere.
Nevada Shooter wrote:
I just tried Ctrl-Alt-Shift Delete and that works.
That solves the "Delete from Disk (and remove from catalog)" problem, but not the "Remove from Catalog (only)" problem.
Progress anyway..
Rob
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9. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Nevada Shooter Jun 26, 2013 7:57 PM (in response to areohbee)I see what you mean. I was only thinking of the items in under the Collections heading as collections, but I do use Previous Import a lot and Missing files occasionally, but never thought of them as collections. Thanks for the insight.
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10. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
Nevada Shooter Jun 26, 2013 8:04 PM (in response to areohbee)Alt-Delete (without Shift) will delete from the catalog only. But you have to use the right delete, the one by the Insert and End buttons, not the one on the number key pad, at least not with the Number Lock on, which mine always is. I have not tried it with the Number Lock off.
Do you have any ideas what the snafu might be? Is there an easy way to regenerate a catalog?
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11. Re: Why won't Lightroom delete files I tell it to?
areohbee Jun 26, 2013 9:01 PM (in response to Nevada Shooter)Nevada Shooter wrote:
Alt-Delete (without Shift) will delete from the catalog only.
Thanks for the tip.
Nevada Shooter wrote:
Do you have any ideas what the snafu might be?
No idea.
Nevada Shooter wrote:
Is there an easy way to regenerate a catalog?
Export all photos as catalog. But it drops your publish services.
Rob


