Lightroom deleting folders/files

[wideangle]

If you have multiple LR catalogues, and you go and delete a photo/folder within LR permanently off the hard drive (as opposed to just removing it from the catalogue) what happens when you open another catalogue that has the same folder/file structure? I assume you would get a "?" near the files/folders that have been permanently deleted from the hard drive?

Would you have to then go into each catalogue and manually delete the "?" missing link folders/files or will this be automatic?

[Remorhaz]

I'd imagine the former - you wouldn't need multiple catalogs to try this I expect. If you manually deleted a file using the finder/file manager and then opened Lightroom you'd probably see the same result.

[arthurking83]

I'm suspecting the same result as Remorhaz.
I don't use LR for cataloguing actually. I use a program called IDImager, which is far more configurable and flexible(as cataloguing software).

You can go into the toolbar menu under Edit->Catalogue Preferences and there is no option to automate file handling ability for missing files. It has basic options available but nothing like what you ask it to do.

[kiwi]

The answer is the latter, folders remain in each catalogue with thumbnails too until delete them in LR regardless of what you have actually done in the filesystem

[wideangle]

The answer is the latter, folders remain in each catalogue with thumbnails too until delete them in LR regardless of what you have actually done in the filesystem

Thanks kiwi, I thought that would be the case that ? symbols would come up and you would have to manually get rid of them. cheers.