All photos appearing off-line

All photos in in my Lightroom 5, appearing off-line with question mark next to all folders. I have over 45,000 photos. How can I get everything to show up again. First time this has ever happened.

jasahb wrote:
Did not move, rename or delete the 49,815 files that are showing up as being off-line.
In the many years I have been doing this, I have seen examples where people accidentally do something, and you might want to check your operating system and make sure your folder names, file names and drive name/letters haven't been accidentally changed. And also what Jim Wilde said.

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