When you open lightroom it says an error during playback of preview hidden and need to stop smoking. does not restart
How can I fix it?
Hi melotam,
It seems that something in your preview cache has been altered. No worries - you can delete preview cache and Lightroom are going to rebuild it, even if it may take some time, depending on the size of your catalog.
To remove the preview cache, follow these steps:
1. quit Lightroom.
2. in your operating system, look for your Lightroom Catalog. Catalogs are generally/Pictures/Lightroom on Mac and my Pictures\Lightroom on Windows.
3. Locate the folder whose name ends in "Previews.lrdata" and delete it. (note, may you enjoy a folder whose name ends with "Smart Previews.lrdata." You shouldn't need to remove that one).
Once the preview folder is deleted, restart Lightroom. You can see gray thumbnails in the grid for a few moments that Lightroom starts to rebuild your preview cache.
Let us know if that helps.
Kind regards
~ Mohit
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You cannot reset the trial period.
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Click OK close Lightroom.
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Title says it all. Lightroom stops because he can't read in its cache of the preview.
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Can I get an explanation of what past?
You must remove the preview Cache.
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I let close put it keeps appearing
I guess you know where your file catalog (lrcat). In the same folder is a folder of lrdata of previews that you must delete or rename in the Explorer, then start LR again.
If I made erroneous assumptions that above, sorry, and we will go back on it from the beginning.
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Your catalog is stored on the hard drive.
By default, it is stored in Pictures\Lightroom
You must browse to folder Pictures\Lightroom via File Explorer and delete the Previews.lrdata folder.
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The default location is usually in images.
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Help, please!
Hello
Please remove the preview Cache.
To remove the preview cache, follow these steps:
1. quit Lightroom.
2. in your operating system, look for your Lightroom Catalog. Catalogs are generally/Pictures/Lightroom on Mac and my Pictures\Lightroom on Windows.
3. Locate the folder whose name ends in "Previews.lrdata" and delete it.
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