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LR2 Catalog won't open

Jul 29, 2008 6:31 PM

I just installed LR2 on a PC running Vista (32-bit w/ SP1). Install went ok, and I was able to xfer my old catalog from LR1.41. The catalog opened and I could see my photos. Then Vista shutdown unexpectedly. (Probably something I was running in the BG -- I don't think it was a LR thing). Now, the new LR2 catalog that was created from my old catalog won't open. I get the following message:

"Lightroom cannot use the catalog 'All Photos -- Save2' because it is not writable and cannot be opened"

"This could be caused by incorrect permissions or because another Lightroom application is using the catalog. You may try to correct the problem or you may select a different catalog."

I'm not sure what to do here. I looked at the proerties for the catalog file and it is not read only or hidden. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

Mike Whalen
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    Lee Jay-7OQGJF,
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    Jul 29, 2008 6:36 PM
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    Is there a lock file? You could try deleting it (I'm out on a limb here, having not tried it) or you could kill the new catalog stuff altogether, and reconvert the old one which is still in the catalog folder.
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    (mikewhalen),
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    Jul 29, 2008 6:51 PM
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    Yes, there is a .lock on the extension of the lrcat file. Since I am new to vista I don't know how to remove the lock.

    I can't seem to open the old catalog file either (with LR2) it is also seems to be locked. I'm not sure why they are locked or howe to remove it, but this seems to be my problem. Does anyone know how to remove a file lock in Vista?
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    (mikewhalen),
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    Jul 29, 2008 7:09 PM
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    This is really weird. When I try to open the old catalog with LR 1.41 I get this message:

    "The Lightroom catalog folder at F:\MyDocuments\Lightroom Catalog cannot be used because the folder does not allow files to be created within it."

    There is no lock on this file though. Any thoughts?
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    (mikewhalen),
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    Jul 29, 2008 7:19 PM
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    OK, I think I solved it. The old cat file had attributes set to "AN". I went into file properties and managed to change the attributes to "A" only and at least now I can open the old file. Thanks for the help.
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