Where did my Templates go?

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One of the reasons I originally made the jump to LR is because of the cool web templates.

I'm on v1.2. When I went to do a web presentation this morn, I find there aren't any templates. There are none for web, and none for slideshow.

I could SWEAR I saw them when I first got LR about 3 mos ago.

Hopefully a dumb user error.

Basically, the choice for Lightroom Templates and User Templates - they just do not expand.

????
 
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BobTowery said:
One of the reasons I originally made the jump to LR is because of the cool web templates.

I'm on v1.2. When I went to do a web presentation this morn, I find there aren't any templates. There are none for web, and none for slideshow.

I could SWEAR I saw them when I first got LR about 3 mos ago.

Hopefully a dumb user error.

Basically, the choice for Lightroom Templates and User Templates - they just do not expand.

????
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Bob, can you please fill in your OS details etc in your signature as per the rules to enable us to assist you with this query - thanks.
 
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Thanks Bob.
This should help:
Presets can be found in the following folders.
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Lightroom/Develop Presets
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Develop Presets
Vista: <systemdrive>/Users/<User Account>/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom/Develop Presets

Check out this link:http://inside-lightroom.com/docs/develop_presets_3.pdf
 
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Actually I'm not looking for presets. I'm looking for Templates.

But your input about the folders led me to the folders for web and slideshow templates. Which are empty. I doubt they used to be. I checked for both my user and for all users.

Is there someplace on Adobe's site to download the Web/Slideshow templates? I'll probably go look there later.
 
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You can also search your computer for .lrtemplate which is the name of templates.
 
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That check box is not in Catalog Settings. It's in Preferences, on the Presets tab. It is unchecked.

No files ending in lrtemplate are on my computer.

I think it is pretty obvious the files are simply not there. I know I saw them back when I first bought LR. I checked my 1.' cd install disk. Not there.

I logged into adobe.com and searched the downloads, they don't seem to have the templates available for download.

So. I installed LR from my original disk on another computer. All the templates are right where they are supposed to be, and they show up in LR.

I copied those files to the same folders on my laptop. Started LR. It doesn't see them. ! Maybe I have to reboot.
 
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Hang on a second, LR's own presets and templates are part of the Lightroom program itself.... aren't they? They are hidden in the depths of the programs itself. I'd simply reinstall LR if I were you - it'll be by far your quickest option.

Oh, and FWIW, Windows Web Templates location is C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Web Templates - but that folder doesn't appear unless you create some user templates. And the original ones aren't stored there.
 
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Victoria Bampton said:
Hang on a second, LR's own presets and templates are part of the Lightroom program itself.... aren't they? They are hidden in the depths of the programs itself. I'd simply reinstall LR if I were you - it'll be by far your quickest option.

Oh, and FWIW, Windows Web Templates location is C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Web Templates - but that folder doesn't appear unless you create some user templates. And the original ones aren't stored there.
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Lightroom 1.2 has the option to reinstall default templates from the Preferences window:

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Which one are you looking at Ian? Maybe I'm missing something, but I wasn't aware that any of those put web templates back. Please do prove me wrong though!
 
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Victoria Bampton said:
Which one are you looking at Ian? Maybe I'm missing something, but I wasn't aware that any of those put web templates back. Please do prove me wrong though!
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Ah... in my haste to help, I overlooked the part about web templates. :oops:
 
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No, sorry Bob, time to reload from disc or download.
 
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