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this just started, when trying to open the program it says " Lightroom encountered an error
when reading from is preview cache and needs to quit. Light room will attempt to fix the problem
the next time it launches.
I tried trouble shooting, I tried opening it under administrator, I tried restarting my computer and still it will not open without the error,
Exit Lightroom.
Using windows Explorer or mac Finder, go to the folder containing your catalog (*.LrCat) file. In that folder is a folder with a similar name as your catalog, but ending with "previews.LrData". Delete the "previews.LrData" folder. Delete nothing else.
Restart Lightroom and let it recreate the previews.
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Exit Lightroom.
Using windows Explorer or mac Finder, go to the folder containing your catalog (*.LrCat) file. In that folder is a folder with a similar name as your catalog, but ending with "previews.LrData". Delete the "previews.LrData" folder. Delete nothing else.
Restart Lightroom and let it recreate the previews.
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There are two folders ending in Previews.lrdata
one says, lightroom 5 catalog previews.lrdata
then the other says
Lightroom 5 catalog smart previews.lrdata
what one would I delete
Thank you for responding!!!
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Got it, THAK YOU SO MUCH!
almost had a panic attack!