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I set up a "2''8" folder outside of Lightroom (first mistake :-) and have been importing images into subfolders since then. Lightroom recognizes the subfolders in the folders list but does not recognize the top level 2''8 folder. Do I have to remove everything from lightroom and start over or is there a way to make the top level folder appear in my folders list?
 
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Nothing happened. I have windows XP SP2 using LR 1.3. I put the unimported picture in the top level folder (2''8) by doing a copy and paste in MyComputer. The instructions were vague on where it should be placed to fool lightroom. The windows environment has a couple more steps than apparently exists in the Mac world so I may have done something wrong along the way. Here are the steps I followed after putting the unimported picture in the top level file.
1. file
2. import photos from disk
3. choose selected (different from the mac version)
4. this took me to the import photos screen
5. I clicked on "uncheck all"
6. then clicked on import
and nothing happens... ??
 
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Ah, ok, sorry.

Let's try this again then - it's useful to know you're on windows, because the routine changed very slightly on the windows version with a recent release and I haven't updated the instructions, I've just realised!

In your case, place an image in 2''8 folder. Then follow your instructions.

1. file
2. import photos from disk
3. choose selected (different from the mac version)
4. this took me to the import photos screen
5. I clicked on "uncheck all"
5a. BUT THEN CHECK JUST THAT DUMMY IMAGE so that it imports it.
6. then clicked on import
7. That image imports, and LR will now show the 2''8 folder.
8. Delete that dummy image
9. LR should now show your 2''8 folder and it's subfolders in their correct hierarchy.

More help? ;)
 
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Ah, that did the trick. Thank you very much!
 
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Pleasure Pete, glad to hear it!
 
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Thank you for this less-than-intuitive answer. It worked for me on Win XP.

But (minor extra question) is there any way to display the drive as well in the folder structure? I keep my image files on two external hard drives. If I need to, I can of course move the date folders (I use the default yyyy/yyyy-mm-dd structure) into a top-level folder which is just the drive letter; that would give me I>2''8>2''8-'1-17; but I was wondering, just for interest, if there is a way without the top-level drive letter folder.

Patrick
 
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I haven't worked on Windows seriously for a fair while now, so I'm just going to take a guess and say no I don't think so - unless the same trick works, putting a dummy image in at absolute top level, but you'll have to give that a try I'm afraid.
 
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Patrick, you could just embed the drive letter in the folder name. I have a tendency to something like

d:\d_images
e:\e_images

typically for backup schemes rather than main storage.

That's so obvious, I assume you've thought of it and rejected it for other reasons. But I'll just throw it out there, on the off chance ........
 
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Brad Snyder said:
Patrick, you could just embed the drive letter in the folder name. I have a tendency to something like

d:\d_images
e:\e_images

typically for backup schemes rather than main storage.

That's so obvious, I assume you've thought of it and rejected it for other reasons. But I'll just throw it out there, on the off chance ........
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I do almost like Brad except that I use drive's names. The reason is that I use the same drive letter for different external drives (the ones being swapped for off site storage)...
 
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