File locations for Lightroom 3.x on OS X and PC

 

File locations in Mac OS X

  • The Photoshop Lightroom application is the Adobe Lightroom 3.app file, located in the Applications folder.
  • The preferences file is the com.adobe.Lightroom3.plist file, located in [user name]/Library/Preferences.
    The [user name]/Pictures/Lightroom folder contains:
  • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat, the Lightroom database file
  • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock, which prevents you from overwriting data
  • Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata. which contains preview data for your photos
  • Catalog backups are saved to [user name]/[catalog location]/[catalog name]/Backups/.
  • Installed and custom presets and templates have filenames ending in .lrtemplate and are located in the [user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom folder.
  • Registration data is in Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/.

 

File locations in Windows 7

  • The Photoshop Lightroom application is the Lightroom.exe file, located in the Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop
    Lightroom 3 folder.
  • The preferences file is Lightroom 3 Preferences.agprefs, located in
    Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom/Preferences/.
  • The Users/[user name]/My Pictures/Lightroom folder contains:
    • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat, the Photoshop Lightroom database file
    • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock, which prevents you from overwriting data
    • The Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata folder, which contains additional folders for preview files and data
  • Catalog backups are saved in Users/[user name]/[catalog location]/[catalog name]/Backups/.
  • Installed and custom presets and templates have filenames ending in .lrtemplate and are located in folders under the Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom folder.
  • Registration data is located in the C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Lightroom/Lightroom 3.0 Registration.lrreg file. Lightroom 3 reads the Lightroom 2.0 or 1.0 registration registry entry when it validates upgrade serial numbers. If you upgrade and Lightroom 3 does not find a registry entry for either Lightroom 2.0 or 1.0, it prompts you for a serial number.

 

File locations in Windows Vista

  • The Photoshop Lightroom application is the Lightroom.exe file, located in the Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop
    Lightroom 3 folder.
  • The preferences file is Lightroom 3 Preferences.agprefs, located in Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom/Preferences/.
  • The Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom folder contains:
    • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat, the Photoshop Lightroom database file
    • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock, which prevents you from overwriting data
    • The Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata folder, which contains additional folders for preview files and data
  • Catalog backups are saved in Documents and Settings/[user name]/[catalog location]/[catalog name]/Backups/.
  • Installed and custom presets and templates have filenames ending in .lrtemplate and are located in folders in the Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Lightroom folder.
  • Registration data is located in the C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Lightroom/Lightroom 3.0 Registration.lrreg file. Lightroom 3 reads the Lightroom 2.0 or 1.0 registration registry entry when it validates upgrade serial numbers. If you upgrade and Lightroom 3 does not find a registry entry for either Lightroom 2.0 or 1.0, it prompts you for a serial number.

 

File locations in Windows XP

  • The Photoshop Lightroom application is the Lightroom.exe file, located in the Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop
    Lightroom 3 folder.
  • The preferences file is Lightroom 3 Preferences.agprefs, located in Documents and Settings/[user name]/Application Data/Adobe/Lightroom/Preferences.
  • The Documents and Settings/[user name]/My Documents/My Pictures/Lightroom folder contains:
    • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat, the Lightroom database file
    • Lightroom 3 Catalog.lrcat.lock, which prevents you from overwriting data
    • The Lightroom 3 Catalog Previews.lrdata folder, which contains additional folders for preview files and data
  • Catalog backups are saved in Documents and Settings/[user name]/[catalog location]/[catalog name]/Backups/.
  • Installed and custom presets and templates have filenames ending in .lrtemplate and are located in folders in the Documents and Settings/[user name]/Application Data/Adobe/Lightroom folder.
  • Registration information is located in the C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Lightroom\Lightroom 3.0 Registration.lrreg file. Lightroom 3 reads the Lightroom 2.0 or 1.0 registration registry entry when it validates upgrade serial numbers. If you upgrade and Lightroom 3 does not find a registry entry for either Lightroom 2.0 or 1.0, it prompts you for a serial number.

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