1 Reply Latest reply: Jan 4, 2011 9:23 AM by Ian Lyons RSS

    Lightroom 2 Catalog Previews

    Dwight L Community Member

      I am running LR3.3.

       

      I am doing some housecleaning, and I've found this folder: C:\Documents and Settings\My Name\My Documents\My Pictures\Lightroom\Lightroom 2 Catalog Previews.lrdata\

       

      It looks like something that was abandoned during an upgrade, and thus it's a candidate for the trash bin. Any thoughts?

        • 1. Re: Lightroom 2 Catalog Previews
          Ian Lyons CommunityMVP

          Lr 3 creates a copy of the original when you upgraded from an earlier version (i.e Lr1 or Lr2 to Lr3). Therefore, if you can locate a copy for Lr3 then yes it is redundant and can be deleted. The new file may not be labelled Lr3 but the date stamp should still give you a clue as to which is the most recent. That being said, a new copy will be created upon relaunch should you delete the wrong version. Basically, trashing the lrdata file simply means that Lr will need to rebuild a new copy.