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LR 2.6 RC expired, LR won't open at all

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nycbird

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Hello kind people,

My LR 2.6 RC expired and I just get an error message: "This Beta version of Lightroom has expired. The application will now quit." I can't open LR at all.

Could anyone suggest to me what I should do now? I have a licensed copy of LR 2, do I have to reinstall it? If that is the case, would you be so kind as to tell me how so I don't screw up my catalogs?

Thank you so much!
 
Your catalog should be fine. You can locate it (them?) by searching for the files with the .lrcat Extension. ( don't tremember exactly where this is stored on a Mac, but Others will probably volunteer this info.) You can make a copy and store it in your backup folder. Then D/L and install the final released version of LR 2.6 from the adobe website. You might need to apply the LR 2 license code, but if you have installes and registered an earlier version of LR 2 this will probably be un necessary.
 
If you do not have any other versions on your Mac than the 2.6, yes then you will probably need to install your LR2 version and upgrade via the Updater in the Help menu.You won't loose anything.In future you can easily keep more than one version on your Mac - just change the name in the Applications folder for each version to something like LR 2.' 'r 2.6. This will save versions being overwritten.The option of d/loading the current version and adding the serial number is probably the best!! But still rename it!! - Thanks Cletus!! :)
 
Can someone please explain what has happened? I have the windows version.It was updated to ver.2.6 RC when it came out.Today when I try to open Lightroom,it tells me the Beta version has expired and I can no longer open it.
 
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