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Importing images

New Here ,
Jun 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017

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I'm trying to import images and a window pops up saying "some import operations were not performed". "could not copy a file to the destination folder because it was not writable". And in brackets the number of photos.

Below that all the the photos that I wanted to import, e.g. DSC_123.NEF

Save as... and OK

Any idea how I can make this work again?? I tried older photos just to see if it was just these particular ones. And it did the same thing for older photos.

Please help!

Thank you,

Nicole.

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Community Expert , Jun 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017

"because it was not writable".

Do you think this might be a clue?

Check the folder that you have in the "Destination" panel of the Import dialog. Know what folder exactly you are trying to copy your files into (or the options for a  folder that Lr is trying to create for your).

If the Destination and folder is set correctly, then exit Lightroom and check the Read/Write permissions for the Destination location.

Do you have full Read/Write permissions for the Hard-drive, the parent folders, and any su

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Jun 12, 2017 Jun 12, 2017

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"because it was not writable".

Do you think this might be a clue?

Check the folder that you have in the "Destination" panel of the Import dialog. Know what folder exactly you are trying to copy your files into (or the options for a  folder that Lr is trying to create for your).

If the Destination and folder is set correctly, then exit Lightroom and check the Read/Write permissions for the Destination location.

Do you have full Read/Write permissions for the Hard-drive, the parent folders, and any sub-folders, that are in the destination?

Regards. My System: Lightroom-Classic 13.2 Photoshop 25.5, ACR 16.2, Lightroom 7.2, Lr-iOS 9.0.1, Bridge 14.0.2, Windows-11.

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Thank you! You solved my problem 🙂

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Jun 13, 2017 Jun 13, 2017

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Hi nicoleh,

Normally this type of error message is a permissions issue. In addition to checking the permissions of the destination drive and folder tree, you may need to do a Disk - Repair Permissions on that drive.

Also, you can refer the below discussion related to the same issue.

Lightroom: Error message "could not copy a file to the requested location." | Photoshop Family Custo...

Lightroom encountered an error when reading it's preview cache 

Regards,

Mohit

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