3 Replies Latest reply: Jun 14, 2010 11:57 PM by Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață RSS

    How to Find Multiple Missing Folders?

    EmPag Community Member

      Just migrated to a new computer and moved my photos to a new folder. Now I see the missing folder question mark for each folder in Lightroom. I can control click on each folder and point to the folder, but have a few hundred folders. Is there a quicker way? All the file naming info is the same, except one of the main folders in the hierarchy has a different name.

       

      Lightroom 2.7

      Mac OS 10.6

        • 1. Re: How to Find Multiple Missing Folders?
          imajez Community Member

          Find the topmost folder in a heirachy and then all those below should also reappear too when re-linking.

          Alternatively change the name of the folder back to what LR thinks it is and then change it again to what you want it to be in LR itself.

          Always easier to change or move folders in LR to avoid that.

          However, moving multiple folders in LR can be painful as you can only ever move one at a time, so sometimes I move things around outside of LR knowing I'll have to repair links. But if I'm doing major folder shuffling, I use a proper file browser and then relink the top folder in LR or Synchronize, whichever is easier.

          I do have a well structured file heirachy, so I don't have to rearrange things very often, but when tidying up my girlfriend's folders....!!

          • 2. Re: How to Find Multiple Missing Folders?
            EmPag Community Member

            I don't have the hierarchy displaying in Lightroom, just all my pictures in folders as YYYYMMDD.

             

            This is the switch I need to make:

             

            Old user name > pictures > YYYMMDD folders

            New user name > pictures > YYYMMDD folders

             

            Is there a way to add the hierarchy structure when everything is showing w/ question marks?

             

            Sounds like I should have added in the hierarchy before I migrated everything over. But it is too late for that now, unfortunately.

            • 3. Re: How to Find Multiple Missing Folders?
              Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață Community Member

              Do you have a lot of top-level folders? Will it be a problem to go through each of them?

               

              If not...

               

              1. You can simply create a dummy "Old user name" folder (I guess it should be possible on a mac?) and move the pictures there.
              2. Now, start lightroom and check if everything is fine - Lightroom can see the folders.
              3. Add a parent folder to you hierarchy.
              4. Move you pictures back to "New user name"
              5. Start Lightroom and choose to locate missing folder for your single top-level folder.