Getting Lightroom to Behave: Importing to a folder

I have a definite folder structure that I use which is set in place. I create new folder for each day's shoot before I go to Lightroom to import the images from a card reader. When I first bought Lightroom, all I had to do is point Lightroom to the correct folder from the import dialog box that appeared when I plugged in the card into the card reader. Now, Lightroom creates more sub-folders within that 'originals' folder where I want the images to go. This surely has to do with the way Lightroom is set up in the import dialog box, but first, I don't know how to get that dialog to appear without having images to import, which I have none right now and want to get it set up correctly so images will again simply go directly into the folder without additional folders being created. Is there a way I can call up that dialog box so I can see what settings it has, without having to shoot images and insert the card?

ambienttroutmask wrote:
Click on import will open the dialog box, but without anything to import you can't set the settings in advance as these are made according to what you chose on each import. In the import box you have a load of different choices of how to import and to where. In your case you would select the particular folder you want to place the files in using copy photos to new location and add to catalog in the file handling box and the select into one folder in the organize box.
I go that far and always before everything went into the chosen folder. Maybe it's that 'Into One Folder" option that is not selected. What it is doing now is making two levels of new folders deep inside of the chosen folder as the place where the images wind up.
I'll take a few snapshots and put the card reader to work to look more carefully at the settings as you have mentioned here.
Thanks,
Ken
Got it! It's so great when something simple can put things back on the right track.
Thank You ambienttroutmask

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