Lightroom can't use the catalog named 'Master Catalog 5'
I use a Dell laptop that was running Windows 7 x 32.
Yesterday, I formatted the hard drive and installed Windows 7 x 64.
All my Lightroom files are on an external hard drive.
After you have reinstalled 5 Lightroom on my new version of Windows, I tried then open Master Catalog 5 only for getting the following message...
"Lightroom cannot use the catalog named ' Master Catalog 5 ' because it is not writable and can not be opened."
I then read all (I hope) I could find on this topic on this forum and made sure that the Master Catalog (and all subfolders) on the external hard drive can read; Click on 'Properties' and made sure read-only has been highlighted.
This has not solved the problem for me.
I also noticed that there is a 'log' file I deleted and a file .lock I found.
None of this helped I always get the same warning message.
Maybe you have an idea on what I can do next?
Change the folder permissions in Windows
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