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

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• 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

• 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

• 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.

• Organizer of Photoshop: The catalog could not be opened because it is currently in use by another program

  Original title: Louise

  I think I can cut my computor while organizing photoshop was running. Now when I try to open an icon appears on the bar tasks with a noise of error. I can fly over the icon and it shows me my photos but I can't open, all I can do is to close. It was suggested to go to Task Manager and shut up there and the first time I tried this he showed that run and I closed it down. But I still can't open it and it shows is no longer in the Task Manager. I got a message

  The catalog cannot be opened because it is currently in use by another program.
  I tried the system restore to a time before this glitch.
  I have uninstalled and installed the program.
  How can I find where it runs when I can't find it in the Task Manager?

  Hello

  I suggest you to send your query to the Adobe community forum as they would be in a better position to help you with this question.
  http://forums.Adobe.com/index.jspa
  https://helpx.Adobe.com/Photoshop-elements.html

  Thank you

• 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

• 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?)

• LR3 cannot open, said currently in use by another program?

  Hi - I used LR3 successfully, but I tried to open one a few days ago and I get a dialog indicating that it is in use by another program. My Task Manager shows no other programs running. The options in the dialogue keep me going in circles. I have tried connected and not connected to the Internet, and without difference. I tried to uninstall LR 3 and still get the dialog box. Any suggestions anyone at - it a solution please...? My operating system is Vista.  Thank you. Terry

  LR by default creates a subfolder in your pictures folder called Lightroom and stores your catalog, previews, LR preferences and others. While you have open LR it also creates a file called "Lightroom3 Catalog.lrcat.lock". This is to ensure that no other users can access the catalog while it is in use.

  When LR is closed the file *.lock is retired, however if LR is not closed properly the files of the *.lock downwards remains and LR stop it from sliding.

  With closed LR check your "pictures > lightroom folder and see if a *.lock file is present and delete the file.»

  Then try to open LR.

• "The player (disc / E :) is used by another program)" Nope.

  "I was about to burn a few cases hidden information sensitive on a CD - R, but initial development right after disk shaped, I suddenly have an alert pop up telling me that the disk drive" is used by another program. "Well, it does not seem, on the surface, and certainly not through any action on my part I W - Vista HP SP-2, with MS Secur. Active essentials, running behind the firewall of the router to a little ordinary. I haven't used the drive E: to what it is today since bringing my laptop from hibernation. There's zilch other clients on this network, as me, home. I've never seen this before alert when using the operation and common sense of burning Windows CD told me to be careful, even if MSSec. Essen. report something when I specifically disk for malware analysis, but I don't know what it is are limits.  Please help, thanks in advance!

  Hello

  You have installed any other software burning CD on your computer?

  If so, then uninstall the software and check if it makes a difference.

  In addition, perform a clean boot to verify if a third party application or service that runs in the background is in conflict with the burning process.

  Refer to this article for more information on the clean boot.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  NOTE: Please check that you start the computer in normal mode after a repair. Followstep 7 of the above article.

  Kind regards
  Afzal Taher - Microsoft technical support.
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• 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.

• 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.

• 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 the catalog at LR3.6

  Hi guys, I just installed LR version 3.6 test yesterday and he eventually failling to download the catalogue previous LR that I install in the past and is crushed.

  Join here is the error image.

  

  I try to uninstall + reinstall but same problem. The worst part it I deleted the lightroom catalog permanently in my folder of photos and the catalog of the img that settle in the images.

  hope you guys can help me to solve the problems. TQ!

  http://forums.Adobe.com/message/3671450#3671450

  See post #9 and following

  HAL

• Cannot delete a file:"FILE IS in USE BY ANOTHER PROGRAM"

  I try to delete a file and get the message
  'File is used by another person or program ".

  The file has been around for several weeks.  I rebooted several times.
  I always get the message.

  Is it possible to get rid of this file?

  • Unlocker:
    http://download.CNET.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html

  Bruce Hagen MS - MVP [Mail]