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My light room catalog will not open. I saw post that say to delete the 'lock' file associated to the catalog I want to open. However, when I try to move or delete that file is says:
The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “teddycat.lrcat.lock” can’t be read or written.
(Error code -36)
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME
hi,
had the same problem and finally uninstalled & reinstalled lightroom..
it worked!
the .lock file aswell as the catalog-journal file disappeared.
puh...
good luck!
van.heim
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Is LR closed when you are trying to delete the Lock file?
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yes
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Close LR if it is running.
Using Finder or Explorer, verify that you have READ and WRITE access to everything in the folder containing your catalog.
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The catalog is located on an external hard drive and when I click "get info" on the drive is shows that open to read and write. Should I be looking somewhere else?
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Check the "get info" in the drive and the folder and the actual files.
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Hi charlotteb,
Please restart your machine and then try to delete the lock file.
Thanks,
Mohit
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hi,
had the same problem and finally uninstalled & reinstalled lightroom..
it worked!
the .lock file aswell as the catalog-journal file disappeared.
puh...
good luck!
van.heim
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That's great..!! thanks for trying.
Regards,
Mohit