> After some thinking, I now beleave that Lightroom has loaded > an old Library > file. All symptoms points in that direction IMO. [...] > So I think the best strategy is to load a newer library file. > But I'm not > sure, if thats the right thing to do. And I don't know how to > do it. (I have > made weekly backups of the DB)
You can choose different libraries as follows: 1. On the Edit menu, choose Preferences 2. On the General tab, choose the library you want to use from the dropdown list in the Default Library panel, or click the Choose button -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > Sent: 05 June 2007 00:06 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: My Lightroom library is messed up > > Thatks a lot for being so patient with me. > > Most likely I am wording myself badly. And the symptoms are > strange. They > are > 1. 1400 files grayed out and displayed as Missing Files. > 2. Four folders are not displayed in Folders. The oldest > among them are made > 01.05.07. They are containing 887 files > 3 The files displayed in Previos Import are old files dated 26.04.07 > > Thats a lot of crap. And I sure don't want to restore it > maually. If I do. I > lot of tagging and convertion will be lost. > I don't want to do anything at all, untill I have a trategy. > I'm afraid I'll > make it worse if I just mess around. > > After some thinking, I now beleave that Lightroom has loaded > an old Library > file. All symptoms points in that direction IMO. > BTW I formatted the whole system a month or so ago. So > 26.04.07 may be the > date of the first import after reinstalling Lightroom. > So I think the best strategy is to load a newer library file. > But I'm not > sure, if thats the right thing to do. And I don't know how to > do it. (I have > made weekly backups of the DB) > > Tim Typo > Mostly Harmless > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:34 AM > Subject: RE: My Lightroom library is messed up > > > I don't fully understand your description of the problem. If the files > are shown greyed out it probably means the library has an entry for > the photo, but it can't match it to the corresponding file on your > disk. Have you renamed your files or folders, or remapped the drives > outside of Lightroom since you last used Lightroom? > > To make it find missing files and folders, right click on a folder > name. From the menu choose Check for Missing Photos and Folders. > Lightroom looks for the files which correspond with the entries marked > as missing, and recreates the link. > > Or you could try opening the file from Lightroom - it prompts you if > it can't find the matching file. You can then use a standard File Open > dialogue to tell it which file to link to the Library entry. > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > > Sent: 04 June 2007 22:25 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: My Lightroom library is messed up > > > > Thank you Bob. > > I'm pretty upset now, so I may be wording myself badly. > > > > The main problem is the folders that Library has lost. If I > > can't restore > > Library I will have to rebuild them, and will loose a lot of tags > etc. > > I assume Loightroom will find the missing files if I'm able > > to get the old > > database back. Because the files are all there, as far as I can > tell. > > > > Tim Typo > > Mostly Harmless > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:17 PM > > Subject: RE: My Lightroom library is messed up > > > > > > there's a facility in there which finds missing files - have a look > in > > the help system. If you've moved or renamed something on the hard > disk > > it will get out of sync with the library. Find missing files resyncs > > it. > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > > > Sent: 04 June 2007 22:12 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: My Lightroom library is messed up > > > > > > HEEELP, please. > > > > > > I'm panicking here. I just opened Lightroom and the Library > > > is ****ed up > > > (note my family friendly subject line). > > > Now a lot of folder are missing (they are on the drive), and > > > 1500 files are > > > grayed out and displayed as missing. Whats happened here? And > > > how do I get > > > it sorted? When I closed it down everything seemed fine. > > > > > > I took a backup on friday, so there is not much work lost. > > > But I can't > > > remember how I retrieve it. > > > Could a reinstallation solve it, or would it make things worse? > > > > > > Tim Typo > > > Mostly Harmless > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.7/830 - Release > > Date: 03.06.2007 > > 12:47 > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.7/830 - Release > Date: 03.06.2007 > 12:47 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
