Lightroom 5 import problems (missing folder and/or content)...how to solve??

Hello
I used LR4 with success (Sony a57 with ARW-files and Canon 5dMk3 with CR2 files).
Now I use LR5. But I can't import new files any more (neither in LR4 nor LR5).
in the import module LR doesn't display existing folders (like they would not exist) and /or
LR shows the folder but no content (message: no pictures in folder)...but they are....
please could help me someone?
btw: adobe page is chaotic pur...to find support there is so terribly annoying
thanks in advance
mark

Try deleting your preferences file
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-locations-lightroom-4.html

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I am fairly new to LR and have TONS of files in a main Photo folder on Vista. Some of these files have duplicate names, some were taken with very early gen digital camera as well as newer files with my 40D. But importing each folder and sub folder 1 at a time is going to take a million years. Here is basically what I want to do.
1) Import ALL pics (probably about 6-8 thousand) at once
2) Go through these photos and tag them as well as get rid of the obviously crappy pics that i will never do anything with, kill the dupes
3) Meta tag as many as i can
4) export to a new foler
All files are jpg. Nice memorial day project eh?

I would make some suggestions to your proposed workflow.
Instead of "3) Meta tag as many as i can", I would say assign keywords and captions on all of your photos. Keywords and captions are a very powerful way of organizing, and when well done, they make finding your photos extremely easy. I understand that this takes time and effort, but you will find that the time and effort you put into this pays off well.
If you leave some photos without keywords and captions, how will you find them? I know how ... you will search for 30 minutes and probably say some four-letter words in the process.
Instead of "4) export to a new foler[sic]", don't bother exporting as a regular part of your workflow. Just don't do it! Only export when you need the photos outside of Lightroom, such as for e-mail or uploading or printing at a commercial printer. Otherwise, there is no need for you to take up the disk space with thousands of exported .jpgs.

How to extract a folder (and its contents) from inside a zip file?

There is a zip file which contains a folder inside it. The folder itself contains a few files. I would need to know how to extract the folder (with its contents) from inside a zip file.
I have found a few unzipping code samples which show how to handle a folder inside a zip file. An example is shown below:
public static void extract(String workingDirectory, byte[] zipFile)
throws Exception {
ByteArrayInputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(zipFile);
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ZipInputStream zipStream = new ZipInputStream(byteStream);
ZipEntry zipEntry = null;
String nameZipEntry = null;
byte[] contentZiphttp://forum.java.sun.com/post!default.jspa?forumID=31#
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boolean isDirectory = false;
int indexFileSeparator = -1;
String directory = null;
String fileName = null;
while ( (zipEntry = zipStream.getNextEntry()) != null )
            nameZipEntry = workingDirectory + File.separator + zipEntry.getName();
            isDirectory = zipEntry.isDirectory();
            if (isDirectory) {
File file = new File(nameZipEntry);
file.mkdirs();
            else
                // read zipEntry
                byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
                int c = 0;
                while ( (c = zipStream.read(buf)) != -1)
                    out.write(buf, 0, c);
                indexFileSeparator = nameZipEntry.lastIndexOf(File.separator);
                directory = nameZipEntry.substring(0, indexFileSeparator);
                fileName = nameZipEntry.substring(indexFileSeparator+1,nameZipEntry.length());
                FileSystemTools.createFile(directory, fileName, out);
                out.reset();
                zipStream.closeEntry();
        zipStream.close();
        byteStream.close();
}The code sample which deals with the part where the zipEntry is a directory creates a directory with the same path and name. (highlighted in bold)
Another similar variation is:
File file = new File(dirDestiny.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + zipEntry.getName() );
if(zipEntry.isDirectory())
      file.mkdirs();When the code creates a directory for the folder, does it unzip the contents inside the folder as well?
If not, how do I extract the files inside the folder?

Have you already tried to see if the sample code you downloaded works or not? Maybe if you try out the code yourself you can see if it extracts files from a directory within a zip file?
I like to use pkzip. It is a command line compression/uncompression tool that can be used from a batch file. If you assignment involves unzipping large amount of zip files on a regular basis, I recommend taking a look at pkzip.

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