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• I just upgraded to window 7 for windows does not start Lightroom 10 6 because it cannot open the catalog or one of my backups

  I just upgraded to window 7 for windows 10. 6 Lightroom does not start because it cannot open the catalog or one of my backups

  Yes, once the user account is the upgrade to windows 10 have permission on the folder of photo issue, which prevents the Lightroom to create the necessary temp file when the catalog is launched.

  This is the reason why I asked to copy the catalog file to another location to narrow down the reason for the problem.

  Thank you

• Cannot open the catalog

  I am unable to use Organizer in elements or Prime Minister. An error in says: "cannot open the catalog. An internal program error has occurred. »

  I tried to reinstall and update but the problem persists. I use the Version 12 on Windows 8.1.

  I found similar issues in the community, but they all seem to be unanswered. Help to solve this problem would be highly appreciated.

  Thank you.

  Colin

  Hello again

  By trail and error, I found a solution to 99%.

  Right-click on the desktop, the icon of elements.

  Select Troubleshoot Compatibility.

  Select troubleshoot program

  Select a problem (I used the other)

  Select the Version of Windows (Windows 8 for me)

  Select the Test program

  If it works, which he did in my case, save the settings.

  This seems to have solved my problem, except that I now get an extra screen at the opening of the elements to allow the program to make changes to my computer. I can live with that.

  When I get time I will check if there is any Adobe or updates to Windows that will make this unnecessary step.

  I hope this helps other people with the same problem.

  Thanks for responding and making suggestions.

  Colin

• 5 Lightroom cannot open the catalog

  suddenly, Lightroom said at the launch: "Der Lightroom-Katalog"Fotos' non open werden kann, da er von einer other application open. wurde already. " "Cannot open Lightroom Catalog"Fotos"because it is used by another program" no other application is running. What can I do?

  I use a HDD extern, where my catalog and the files are stored. Reboot, remove the hard drives, nothing works

  Navigate to the folder that contains your catalog file, delete a file whose name ends with .lock

  Don't delete other files

• Cannot open the catalog on CD

  I need to export a catalog for a college assignment and burn it to CD. The export had a slight hiccup with conflicts in the metadata to dng files 2, but I just ran over the data. The main problem is when I burned the files on a CD and tried to open the catalog on CD, I get the following error:

  "lightroom cannot open the catalog named"..." "" located on the DVD RW drive (e) volume because Lightroom can't save the changes to this place.

  What I am doing wrong? I use LR3.4 and under Win Vista on my laptop at home. Is this a problem with my pc? Can I use the Mac to College instead? I need to know as soon as the transfer is due May 11, 2012 (on Friday).  Thanks for any input.

  A catalog cannot exist on a CD and be used as a catalog must be writable and are not CD. You can copy the catalog from the CD to the computer, that you have the CD to use however.

  The best option is to use a flash drive (USB key) for that well that rather than a CD.

• Cannot open the catalog as it is "invalid".

  Tried to open my catalog which I used without problem, and today I get the below error message. There is no file locking. I tried to update my software, I also tried to create an another catalog and import the catalog, nothing helps. It appears that in the catalog, there are zero file size. Help, please!

  If the file size is zero, it is not a valid catalog, and there is nothing to open.

  You must restore the backup catalog file.

• Used the external drive for catalog/photos for months. Yesterday-> error msg: "LR cannot open the catalog"StanLRCatalogRepaired"on"Seagate Drive - LR Photos"because LR cannot save changes to this place. LR catalogs cannot be opened on removable disks,

  Used the external drive for catalog/photos for months. Yesterday-> error msg: "Lightroom can't open the catalog named"StanLRCatalogRepaired"located on the 'Seagate Drive - LR Photos' volume because Lightroom can't save the changes to this place. Lightroom catalogs not opening on the network volumes, removable storage, or read only volumes. »

  The first thing to do is to check if somehow the permissions for the drive Seagate or any of its relevant folders/subfolders has changed somehow (an OS update maybe?)

• I went to open Lr and it says cannot open the catalog because it is used by another application

  I try to open the catalog, and States that my catalog is used in another application, but there is no application running that uses this catalog

  Hi DigitalNorthernExposures,

  Please go to the photo folder > folder Lightroom > and then search for it. Lock file

  Delete the. Lock the file and open the Lightroom.

  Let us know if that helps.

  Kind regards

  ~ Mohit

• 5.7 Lightroom on Windows 7 64 bit home says that it cannot open the catalog because it is not writable or is in use, but it is writable and is not in use.

  I just reinstalled and all my Lightroom stuff is in a single folder. So I simply pointed out Lightroom in the folder once it has been reinstalled, but I get this message saying 'Lightroom cannot use the catalog because it is not writable or in-use'.
  Any ideas what is wrong?

  Trying to find a file whose name ends with .lock in the same folder as your catalog file. If there is such a file, remove it. Do not remove anything else.

• Cannot open my catalog LR4 suddenly!  Help!

  It's the pop-up box, I get:

  Lightroom can't use named catalog

  'Catalogue Lightroom 4' because it is not

  writable and cannot be opened.

  This can be caused by incorrect permissions or because that

  Another Lightroom application uses the catalog. You

  try to fix the problem or you can select a different catalog.

  Choose a DifferentCatalog | Try again | Output

  No idea how I can return to my life as it used to be ?

  See if this helps:

  http://www.lightroomforums.NET/showthread.php?15501-allowing-Win7-users-write-access-to-vo volumes-created-under-WinXP

• Updated to 2.6 help cannot open the catalog

  I can't open my master catalog after upgrade of LR 2.6 yesterday.  I did the upgrade and was using the

  new program just dandy however after a computer restart I couldn't LR to boot at all.  When I went in the record folder and clicked on my most recent save I get nothing.  When I try an other old file that I receive is not writable and cannot be opened. When I return to a really simple file I can get the open LR but then it won't go to a most recent catalog.  I'm the kind of panicing here.

  Windows 7 32 bit

  LR 2.6

  See you soon

  Brendan

  lrcat. Lock

  The first file to indicate that the LR (lrcat) catalog is locked, which means being used by an instance of execution of LR and therefore cannot be changed by another instance of LR, until the first unlocks it for use by others.

  lrcat. Journal

  This is the log file of the catalogue. A log file is kind of what you think of the history - all the changes that have occurred since the last time that these changes have been written in the catalogue.

  It is a little bare on technical details, but should give you the idea.

  A lot of programs that use a database works this way.

• LR6 cannot open the catalog, said it is used by another program

  Hello

  I'm on PC, Win7, LR6.

  No other program is open I see. It just happened one day. I had problems with a dialog prompt asking me to pass.

  And why is it impossible to get in touch with people from Adobe support? :-(

  

  Anyone know what to do?

  See you soon,.

  Esbjörn

  Navigate to the folder that contains your Lightroom catalog file. Looking for a file whose name ends in. LOCK. Remove this item. LOCK file. Do not remove anything else.

• Cannot open App Catalog and cannot be updated

  Hello. I recently bought a used unlocked Palm Pixi more. I am trying to connect to the App catalog, but every time I try and open it it just says: the "action could not be completed. Also, I tried to open the app updates but it keeps just search for updates very much even if it still has v1.4.3. I don't know why this happens... could someone help me?

  As I said, this is a pixi plus opportunity. I did a full erase before using it because it would mean that I would need to get a data plan - which I don't have now. But, I guess that if you guys think that the full erase operation would be a good option so I can fix it.

  Altogether.

  You don't need to do a full erase but just a partial erasure with active data service to record a new Palm profile at least.

• "" When I run Lightroom, I get the message: "cannot open the catalog because it is already open in another application.

  who can help me to solve this problem. Now, I can only open a different catalog. But not this one. And it's the main catalog.

  So I'm a bit desperate.

  huh

  Hello

  What version of Lightroom do you use?

  With Lr closed go to the location where your Lightroom Catalog (by default it is pictures/Lightroom)

  Delete the. Lock file with the same name as your catalog. For example, in the image below, it is Lightroom4 catalog.lrat.lock

  

  In your case, it will be Lightroomcatalog.lrcat.lock.Delete it

  Restart Lightroom.

  Let us know if this helps

  ~ Assani

• Cannot open my catalog after transfer to the new computer

  I use 7 components on the computer that is running Windows XP. At about 5000 photos in my catalogue - all the tag and captioned.

  Am in the process of moving to the new computer with Windows 7, 64-bit version. Used original disc to load Elements 7 on the new machine and organizing elements opens OK, but with just a white Notepad - and all tags are missing.

  I used Windows Easy Transfer to move all the files and settings to the new machine.

  The catalog seems to have been transferred and help items > Information System shows that it is located in the - who he is, according to Windows Explorer.

  C:\ProgrammeData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\Catalogs\My catalog

  But I could find no way to do items to connect to that file and open it like "My catalog" on the new machine. Would be catastrophic to see that I have to re tag and caption all of these photos. Probably impossible.

  Have tried all the options in the drop down for the catalog file.

  Have had different opinions on Elements 7 can be used with Windows 7 64 bit - some say it's OK, others say not. If it is open as it did in XP - just does not detect the catalog.

  Any ideas please?

  OK, so you move the catalog.pse7db to the new computer, as well as anything else that seems to be linked to this folder (for example the subfolders).

  Put it all on the new computer somewhere (any, any). If your photos are in the exact same on the new computer as they were on the old computer, you are finished. Just double-click on the file catalog.pse7db. If your photos are not in the same EXACT spot on the new computer, they were on the old computer, then use Windows to move them to this location.