Preview cache error
I get an error notice
"Lightroom has encountered error reading form the preview cache and need to stop smoking." Bright room will be attampt to solve this problem, the next time that he launched"
I receive this notice whenever I run the application and ambient light is frozen so I can do nothing except press 'OK', who promtly stop bright room.
I have the latest version of Lightroom 5 Windows 8.1 (which was updated this morning. Other programs work OK.
Help please.
Phil.T
Go to the folder in which your catalog file (with *.lrcat extension) and its accompanying folder Previews (whose name ends with .lrdata) by default in C: /... / my pictures/Lightroom, unless you have changed this. Move the file lrdata to your desktop. Launch LR and it will create a new lrdata folder. To save LR the task of reconstructing all the previews, closing LR and copy/paste the folder on the desktop on top the new lrdata folder. Usually, it's enough to solve the problem, but if it isn't, let LR build new insights.
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