LR 5.7

[Dirtnapper]

I can not get LR to sync folders, there are several that are there and were imported, but for some reason now are not showing up. I can see the missing folders in explorer. If I attempt a sync it hangs around 70%....for hours. What to do? Thanks.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Hi Dirtnapper. Which bit hangs... have you seen the Synchronize dialog by this stage, or is it hanging before it shows?

What happens if you try to import the folders via the normal Import dialog?

 

[Dirtnapper]

Part of the problem I had was that I also installed LR 6.6(full, not upgrade), so I had two versions running. Once LR 5.7 was removed it worked fine.

 

[Jim Wilde]

Part of the problem I had was that I also installed LR 6.6(full, not upgrade), so I had two versions running. Once LR 5.7 was removed it worked fine.

Interesting....it's not normally possible to have two versions of LR running concurrently on Windows (unlike on OSX). How did you manage that?

 

[Hal P Anderson]

I just tried it. 5.7 will run at the same time that 2015.6 is running on Windows 10. LR 4 isn't as co-operative.

 

[Dirtnapper]

I just tried it. 5.7 will run at the same time that 2015.6 is running on Windows 10. LR 4 isn't as co-operative.

I didn't have them both opened at same time to clarify, but two versions installed.

 

[Jim Wilde]

I just tried it. 5.7 will run at the same time that 2015.6 is running on Windows 10. LR 4 isn't as co-operative.

Even more interesting....I just tried it, but all that happened when I double-clicked the LR5.7 desktop icon is that the minimised LR2015.6 window was maximised again. Which is what I would have expected, as the actual executable file-name is the same for both versions.

 

[Jim Wilde]

I didn't have them both opened at same time to clarify, but two versions installed.

Which is what I initially thought you meant....but that shouldn't cause the problem you were having, as you can safely have different versions of Lightroom installed at the same time (I currently have LR3, LR4, LR5 and LRCC installed).