Importing from Bridge

I am new to Lightroom. I have been using Bridge and Photoshop since CS3. I have my own system to name and place folders into Windows My Pictures. I also do Batch renames for images in each folder I upload, including a name and date on the folder of images, which is placed in a folder that is labelled by year. This works nicely for me. But when I open Lighroom and try to import by going to my C drive, and finding the folders, it does not import where I would like it to, does not carry over the information, and in fact, makes a duplicate folder in Windows My Picture. How do I get it to import exactly what I have done in Bridge?

A lot of it has to do with how you have configured the import dialog. You can choose to import into one folder, then you can choose to drive where you want the folder to be placed, and you can choose the name of the folder. At the top of the import dialog you can choose whether to add or copy, and you would want to simply add the images. In fact, if you are just adding images that are already on your hard drive you shouldn't even have to choose a folder. And, if you are adding images. They are the same ones that you have worked on in Bridge. So the information should be there as far as I can see. How are you configuring your import dialog?

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