Lightroom not opening correctly

[SnappingShark]

Windows 10, lightroom 6 - been working great for months.

Now it opens and has a grey background and is "not responding" ... checking my data drive where I keep my catalog and that's all fine - all files there and accounted for.

Any ideas?
Have tried shutdown/power on, restart.
My system is free of malware and virus ... ugh

Thanks.

 

[KmH]

Reload from Adobe.

 

[Vtec44]

Have you tried using one of the backed up catalog files instead of the current one? LR loads the catalog file(s) on opening so it's worth a try.

 

[SnappingShark]

Well, disaster struck. I didn't have any catalog backups and it appears corrupt. I did however have the original raw files. Gah!

Luckily I am not a professional photographer - but this is still painful.

So, I'm now running a full re-install of my OS - just to be safe, and ensuring all backups are in place, and working fully! Blah - time consuming, but I like this kind of stuff - just not all the potential re-work on images.

 

[astroNikon]

My LR asked me every time when I exit if I want to do a backup ?

 

[SnappingShark]

My LR asked me every time when I exit if I want to do a backup ?

I always "skipped til next week" hahaha

 

[waday]

My LR asked me every time when I exit if I want to do a backup ?

I always "skipped til next week" hahaha

Note to self..... back up your catalog tonight...

 

[astroNikon]

Guess you did one too many Skips ...

 

[JacaRanda]

I only have the backup reminder set (I think weekly), and I do it and walk away.

 

[SnappingShark]

... and so the importing begins.

 

[astroNikon]

that sounds like a major PITA
i have about 1.5 TB of raw files .....

but then, I do backups from time to time
and when I just upgaded to LR v6, I now use multiple Catalogs.

 

[SnappingShark]

Yeah!

Multiple catalogs seems a good idea. I'll import these, back it up, and then create a new one for moving forward with. Just sucks that to import my originals I have to hit my super slow NAS. Maybe I'll push that back to be my resting place, rather than main storage area.

 

[KmH]

Unfortunately, LR can only access 1 catalog at a time - a major limitation of LR compared to other image database management applications.

 

[astroNikon]

Unfortunately, LR can only access 1 catalog at a time - a major limitation of LR compared to other image database management applications.

and it has to ReLaunch when you select a different Catalog.
but I'm fine with that. keeps my photos better organized.

 

[SnappingShark]

Good info!!