Need help with importing in Lightroom

I have been using LR for a long time and have never had this happen, something I probably did accidentally and don't know how to fix....

I import images into LR from "My Pictures" work on them, export them to a new folder. The problem is now I am getting a copy that has a -2 on it, such as img 101 it now says img 101-2 and it is putting a duplicate image in the origianl folder.

Am I making any sense? Please help.

It sounds like you may be using the same filename for your exports as a previous export.

Can you provide more info about your workflow? What is the reason for your exports? Web? Print?

I can describe what I do

To start with, I import from card to Zoom Browser (My Pictures) RAW images

In LR I choose "import" then choose My Pictures and the folder I want to work with. I open that folder, choose the images I want to work in LR and import them to LR. When finished with them I export them as jpgs. to a new folder on my desktop. Then what I have is the RAW images in their original folder and the jpgs. in a new folder. I have done this for years with no problems now suddenly this is whats happening.....

I am doing everything as described above BUT when I choose the images from the original folder in My Pictures, I now get a "copy"?? of the image in LR and it also puts a copy in the original folder (as pre LR, no work done on it) It comes into LR as a copy ....instead of IMG_4061CR2 it shows up in LR as IMG_4061CR2 It never did this before and I suspect that I accidentally somehow changed something I was doing, most likely in the import screen. But I don't know what I've done??

As a result of this I end up with the original "IMG_4061CR2" and a copy "IMG_4061-2 CR2" in my original folder. And I do have the exported jpg. in the new folder.
When I start to import and the import screen shows up it says:

File handling - Copy photos to a new location and add to catalog.

Me again. I just got told to use "Add photos to catalog without moving" instead of "Copy photos to a new location & add to catalog" and it seems to be working.

Kathy H wrote in post #10518913
Me again. I just got told to use "Add photos to catalog without moving" instead of "Copy photos to a new location & add to catalog" and it seems to be working.

Glad you got it sorted!

Why are you importing via Zoombrowser first? Why not use LR for the import function? Seems you make your life unnecessarily difficult.

5Dmaniac wrote in post #10520266
Why are you importing via Zoombrowser first? Why not use LR for the import function? Seems you make your life unnecessarily difficult.

And I am very good at making my life unnecessarily difficult

I guess my best answer, or what my thinking process is is that I seldom want to run all the images through LR, so I just import with zoom browser and then do what i want with the images....some go to LR others I want to do something with in CS3 only and others I do nothing with because I like them how they are.

I am very much a creature of habit and that's just how I've always done it. I don't even think about the process until something like this happens.