Recovering Presets etc

[Robert Boire]

Hi,

I was recently forced to reinstall LR6 due to a computer failure. I had a large number of editing and printing presets i would like to recover from my backup (assuming its not corrupted). Can somebody tell me how to do that. I assume there is a file or something that needs to be copied.

Thanks

[Alan Goldhammer]

I can only tell you where they are located on my WinOS 8.1 machine.  My catalogue directory is named 'LR4 Catalogue' (not very original!!).  In there is a file folder named 'Lightroom Settings' (I think this is configurable by LR and that's where I placed it) and that contains all the presets.   If you can do a folder or file scan of your backup you should be able to find it pretty easily.  Within that folder are all the folders that contain various Presets, Templates, and Sets.

[digitaldog]

Location depends on if you used the "Store Presets with Catalog" option (which I recommend) or the default and the later, depending on your OS. Here's the decoder ring for this and more:


https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/lightroom-5-default-locations/

[rdonson]

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations---lightroom-6.html

[Leszek Piotrowski]

Yes,.. I have just gone thru you pain,... as Rodney mentioned,... I had "Store presets with Catalogue". All was returned ( once I "repointed" LR6 to my original LR6 catalogue)  the way I had LR6 setup.  If that is not your current situation ,.. try what Victoria Bampton (LRQ) suggests to help recover those presets.