DNG files appear darker after importing in Lightroom

I just started with the demo version of Lightroom, having always managed so far with Photoshop and Bridge. There are a lot of things about Lightroom that I like, however, I am a little confused on why DNG files especially who were already resolved using the ACR in Photoshop are change appearance after having been imported into Lightroom, if I select an image, and in general, they become quite a bit more dark. With thousands of images to process I really want to be in a situation where they all need adjustment once again, so I was wondering if anyone knows why this is happening?

In both cases my chosen, work space is Adobe RGB and Lightroom do these changes if yes or no I option lets you apply adjustments to your car in development. Another folder that contains only files Tif and Jpeg derivatives does not seem to be affected in the same way.

According to your description, it seems that the JPEG preview embedded in JPEG format is based on the image before the ACR changes *. Fortunately, it is quite easily solved in Lr, less (actually less obvious) in Camera Raw.

In the grid view, select all images, then select Update DNG previews and metadata in the metadata. Be warned that it will probably take some time that Lr has to recreate the DNG files in the background.

* in general, this occurs when you convert the raw unedited files originals to DNG using the DNG Converter.

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