It says Lightroom encountered an error when reading from a previous cache and needs to quit. Light room will attempt to to fix the problem the next time it launches.

how do i fix this. It says Lightroom encountered an error when reading from a previous cache and needs to quit. Light room will attempt to to fix the problem the next time it launches.

Have a look at this thread.
Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit.  Lightroom will attempt to fix this problem the next time it launches"."

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  • Everytime I open lightroom I get a pop up message saying "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" and it closes. Ive already tried reinstalling, nothing seems to work. Help please!

    Every time I open lightroom I get a pop up message saying "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" and it closes. Ive already tried reinstalling, nothing seems to work. Help please!

    Open the folder containing your catalog. In that folder you will find another folder with the extension .lrdata, and you need to delete that folder. After you do that, Lightroom should start normally and will create a new preview cache.

  • Lightroom 4.4 keeps crashing saying "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" please help. I've tried reinstalling it and everything  Windows 8.1

    Lightroom 4.4 keeps crashing saying "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" please help. I've tried reinstalling it and everything  Windows 8.1

    I assume you know where your catalogue file (the lrcat file) is located. In the same folder is a previews lrdata folder which you should delete or rename in Explorer, then start LR again.
    If I've made incorrect assumptions above, sorry, and we'll go back over it from the start.
    John

  • Lightroom crashes at start up with the error message "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit".  Please advise on how to fix this error.  Thanks

    Lightroom crashes at start up with the error message "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit".  Please advise on how to fix this error.  Thanks

    You probably need to delete your preview cache.  See here  
    Why And How To Clear Your Lightroom Cache - Lightroom Fanatic
    Preference and other file locations in Lightroom 5

  • When I tried to open Lightroom 5.4 today I got a msg that says "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit. Lightroom will attempt to fix this problem the next time it lauches". What do I do? I get the msg each ti

    "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit. Lightroom will attempt to fix this problem the next time it lauches". What do I do? I get the msg each time I try to open it.

    It isn't a file, it's a folder. It will have the same name as your catalog, but will have the extension data. It will be in the same folder along with your catalog. If you need to use the search feature to search for *.lrdata.

  • When launching lightroom a message saying : Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its  preview cache and needs to quit.

    Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit.
    What can I do to make it work ?

    Restart Lightroom

  • Message says Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit. It shuts down and I can't get it to reopen.

    Lightroom crashed my PC. When i went to restart the program I receive the same error message. It says it will trouble shoot problem on restart but the same thing happens.

    OK. I'm getting closer. Not sure what worked but I have a working LR5 now. However, I cannot seem to load all my files. Newest message is this.
    This is for images previously imported into LR 4 from my Nikon D810. Any suggestions?
    Thanks RPT

  • It says: Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit.

    Program closes then down. Tried to reload the program, removed the old one, but cannot, although most of my 30 days trial period is still ahead. Good program, but now I am without it. What to do?

    Thanks for help.
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  • I am opening Lightroom and a message pops up that says "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit"

    See title for question, please help, I have a deadline for pics to be edited.

    JimHess wrote:
    You need to delete a folder with the .lrcat extension.
    *** WHOA - BIG OOPS - DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING WITH .LRCAT EXTENSION. JIM HESS MEANT TO WRITE .LRDATA EXTENSION.
    to be clear: 'lrcat' is the extension of your catalog file, which should NOT be deleted. 'lrdata' is the extension of your preview folder, which needs to be deleted.
    So, if your catalog is named "my catalog.lrcat", then the folder to delete is "my catalog Previews.lrdata".
    the .lrdata preview folder is in same folder as your catalog file, which you have to find - nobody knows which catalog you're opening. And if you don't know either, now is a good time to learn! I *think* the default location for catalogs might be "C:\Users\{you}\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom" in Windows, but I'm not sure, since I don't use the default location.
    Hope it's not too late,
    Rob

  • I have my catalog on an external hard drive, trying to open it and the error message saying "lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" how can i fix this as all my work in in this

    I have let it close down put it keeps appearing

    I assume you know where your catalogue file (the lrcat file) is located. In the same folder is a previews lrdata folder which you should delete or rename in Explorer, then start LR again.
    If I've made incorrect assumptions above, sorry, and we'll go back over it from the start.
    John

  • I received an error message in Lightroom 5 , Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit

    I was wondering now that I deleted my preview cache after receiving the lighgtroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache  and needs to quit  , light room 5 opened fine now , but  I now have no previews showing  up , all I get is blank gray boxes ...  have  I lost everything ?
    how do I get the pictures or previews back ...all my folders I had catalogued , now show only grayed boxes where the previews were ...  can I get this back ?

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  • Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit.  Says Lightromm will attempt to fix the problem the next time it launches, but on every re-launch I get the same message.  Any clue as to how to fix this problem?

    I recently updated my HP laptop's OS from WIndows8 to WIndows8.1.  When I went attempted to open Lightroom5 I got the following message:
    "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit. "
    "Lightroom will attempt to fix the problem the next time it launches"
    Every time I relaunch I  get the same message.  I'd like to understand what might be causing the problem so I can remedy and get back to my photo editing. Any clue as to how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated.
    JPM

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  • Good Afternoon my computer had an unexpected restart while I was editing a picture in lightroom. Now when I try to open lightroom I get an error message stating " lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" Does a

    I keep getting an error message saying that lightroom encountered an error while reading from its preview cache and needs to quit. Can someone please help me fix this.

    Have a look at this previous thread: Re: "Lightroom encountered and error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit"

  • "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit. How do I fix this

    Recently updated to Windows8.1 got the message:  "Lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit.  Lightroom will attempt to fix the error the next time it launches"  Get the same message on multiple launches.  Anyone know how to fix this?

    Re: "Lightroom encountered and error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit"

  • When backing up lightroom 4 catalog, get message "lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit" this occurs during optimization stage of backup

    i upgraded from lightroom 4 to lightroom 5 and installed it on a separate hard drive. Initially had no problems util my computer crashed due to the failure of the drive on which Lightroom 5 was installed. Since having my computer rectified, i am unable to use lightroom 5 getting the message "lightroom encountered an error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit"
    I can still use lightroom 4, however, i get the same message when i try to backup the catalog. This occurs during the optimisation phase of backup.
    I suspect it is related to Lightroom 5 creating a catalog from the Lightroom 4 files and cannot now locate those files or that they have been corrupted.
    Would appreciate any solutions / suggestions.

    You need to delete your preview cache and have Lightroom rebuild it.   Cache location can be found here.
    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-locations-lightroom-41.html
    Why And How To Clear Your Lightroom Cache - Lightroom Fanatic

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