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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: sadja on March 12, 2007, 10:17:38 am

Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: sadja on March 12, 2007, 10:17:38 am
I would like to control when LR launches. In Preferences/File Management I've selected 'do nothing' when memory card is detected. Nonetheless, LR launches when I insert a memory card into the reader.

OS is Win XP Pro.
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: digitaldog on March 12, 2007, 03:13:04 pm
That's odd. Doesn't do that on a Mac.
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: Tim Gray on March 12, 2007, 03:24:54 pm
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I would like to control when LR launches. In Preferences/File Management I've selected 'do nothing' when memory card is detected. Nonetheless, LR launches when I insert a memory card into the reader.

OS is Win XP Pro.
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does to me to (win)
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: gfabbri on March 12, 2007, 04:52:50 pm
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does to me to (win)
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Yup.  Very annoying!  Insert a jump drive -- LR boots.  Attach a HD, LR boots.  Hopefully they'll address this in an update, as I too have poked everywhere & can't figure out how to get it to go away.  I mean, I like LR and all, but c'mon!
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: digitaldog on March 12, 2007, 05:54:16 pm
Clearly a bug since this appears to be a PC issue. Might want to file a report with more specifics like the flavor of windows and hardware.
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: john beardsworth on March 12, 2007, 06:17:02 pm
In XP, you can disable the Adobe Camera Downloader in the System Tray

John
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: Mary K on March 12, 2007, 06:21:26 pm
I have the same problem & I'm running Windows XP -- hope this is worked out soon!

Mary
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: john beardsworth on March 12, 2007, 06:22:39 pm
Mary

Read my post - you can stop it yourself

John
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: DaHen on March 12, 2007, 09:19:14 pm
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I have the same problem & I'm running Windows XP

Mary
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   Mary,

  Like johnbeardy mentioned, go down to the System Tray. Then right click on the "Adobe Photo Downloader" icon. Then click on "Disable".

  Worked here, LR no longer opens when I insert a media card.    

      DaHen
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: john beardsworth on March 13, 2007, 06:12:10 am
To stop the Downloader initiating each time you restart Windows, you also need to change another setting. From the Windows start menu, Start > Run and type "msconfig". Then go to the Startup tab, and untick apdproxy.exe.

John
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: Mary K on March 13, 2007, 08:27:19 am
Thanks John and DaHen,  I've made the recommended changes and that has appeared to solve the problem.

Mary
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: sadja on March 13, 2007, 08:44:45 am
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In XP, you can disable the Adobe Camera Downloader in the System Tray

John
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That worked, thanks. Wasn't even aware that the downloader was in the system tray.
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: john beardsworth on March 13, 2007, 01:27:15 pm
The funny thing is, attaching an iPod launches Lightroom. It only had on it one Bela Fleck & the Flecktones CD - the Downloader must have thought it was a raw file!

John
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: David White on March 13, 2007, 04:22:15 pm
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The funny thing is, attaching an iPod launches Lightroom. It only had on it one Bela Fleck & the Flecktones CD - the Downloader must have thought it was a raw file!

John
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You probably have the disk enabled on the iPod so it sees a new drive and thinks it should import some photos from it.
Title: Control when LR launches
Post by: john beardsworth on March 13, 2007, 05:31:41 pm
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You probably have the disk enabled on the iPod so it sees a new drive and thinks it should import some photos from it.
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Nah, it's the banjo that does it.