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Importing a large library of images each with own description eg Couple/Dog-#12/3/1.tif
Found problem with / (Forward slash)...Lightroom shows no Preview.
Went to File Handling Tab
Went to Set The Following Characters as Illegal and chose all of them.
But will still not import any image with a Forward Slash.
Short of correcting thousands of images manually I'm at a loss of what to do.
What I don't understand is why they will open in Photoshop but not Lightroom.
Help much appreciated!

In Bridge, go through these files and use Batch Rename to correct these file names. The preset "String Substitution" allows you to search for "/" and replace it with "-", and do the same with the "#".
By using those characters, you were asking for trouble sooner or later. Best to avoid them.
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