Cannot find folders from internal drive on LR 5.7 after relaunch.

[johnb40181266]

After reloading Lightroom 5.7 I have relaunched it and I have my Catalog but cannot find the folders. The photos can be seen on my internal drive and my backup external drive but on relaunching I can see the folders of the external drive in lightroom but not from the internal drive. I also have Collections. The internal drive lists the total of 29000+ photos without the folders in LR. I have tried locate folder sEtc but no success so please guide me to fix this.

Happy New year to all

John

[dj_paige]

Can you explain what "reloading Lightroom 5.7" means? Exactly what did you do to "reload" Lightroom?

[johnb40181266]

Thanks for responding.

I had some issues with my computer and had outside help to correct.

Afterward I then went to lightroom and had to locate my backup and

"relaunch" lightroom with that catalog.

John

John A Bowen

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[dj_paige]

Follow these steps in order, let me know what happens

• Find the name of a photo file in one of these folders that are not present in LR (I assume this has to be done in your operating system)
• In Lightroom, click on All Photographs, turn off filters, expand all stacks and then use the filter bar to search for this photo by file name
• Right-click on the photo and select Go to Folder in Library
• On the left, in the Folder panel, the folder should now be highlighted (you may scroll up or down in the Folder panel to find the highlighted folder)

[johnb40181266]

Thanks again for the response. I now have have all the folders from the OS MY PHOTOS file however some in some of the folders an ! shows up on the right upper side, Not on all the folders

[dj_paige]

Do you mean the files (not the folders) have an ! icon?

[johnb40181266]

Yes each individual photo in several of the folders

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

YOu can follow these instructions to fix the problem

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

[johnb40181266]

Hi Dj, sorry for the long time in responding my daughter was here for 2

days so was spending time with her. The site you sent me was very helpful

and now I have resolved the issue and I thank you for your kind and able

assistance,

Regards

John

John A Bowen

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VP Sales, Puerto Rico/ Caribbean

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