Help with restoring folders in Lightroom

This morning I attempted to import a copied file in a word document and was prompted to relaunch lightroom. I did this and now none of my folders/pictures are appearing. Is there a way to recover the prior setting without having to reimport everything? I had several years of pictures files in my folders.

That's what catalog backups are for. Just copy your latest backup of the catalog to the location where your working catalog is located. Of course, you will lose any work you have done since that backup was made.

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