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Lightroom cannot create a catalog error

New Here ,
Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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I've searched and I see this question asked, but unanswered from a year or more ago. I'm hoping that someone will be able to give fresh eyes. I am getting the error:

Lightroom cannot create a catalog named "Lightroom Catalog" on volume "OS (C:)" because Lightroom cannot save changes to this location.

I have checked the permissions and they are set to Everyone, Administrators, and the profile of the user signed in as Full. This is a Windows 7, 64-bit installation.

How do I solve this problem?

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LEGEND ,
Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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What about the folder itself where the catalog is to be written? Does it have both read and write permission?

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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What folder would that be? I checked permissions based on the only information I could find on a search. That told me to check the permissions on the Lightroom folder within Pictures. Could you direct me to the other folder, please?

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LEGEND ,
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Check inside of the Pictures folder for a Lightroom folder. That Lightroom folder is usually where the catalog is created.

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Yes, that's the folder that I checked the permissions on. Administrators, Everyone, and the local user all have Full rights to that folder within Pictures --> Lightroom.

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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Do you have any other catalogs? Why are you trying to create a new catalog?

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Mar 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2017

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Lightroom cannot create a catalog named "Lightroom Catalog" on volume "OS (C:)"

You are trying to save the catalog to the root of C: - my guess is that is the problem. You probably don't have full rights on the root of C, and it's not a good idea anyway to save anything there.

If you want to save the catalog to the My Pictures folder, you have to select that folder in the New catalog dialog.

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Mar 03, 2018 Mar 03, 2018

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I had the same issue. I would get that message every time I opened Lightroom Classic CC but not the new Lightroom CC. I tried to create a new catalog and it didn't work either. I was able to finally get past it tonight by right-clicking on the Adobe Lightroom Classic CC icon and then run as administrator. Seems to work just fine now.

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Hi Dear Friends

I Had exact the same problem.

just right click on lightroom.exe in the main folder of light room and follow these steps:

 

Choose Properties.

On the Compatibility tab, select the Run This Program As An Administrator option.

Click OK.

If you see a User Account Control prompt, accept it.

my problem solved this way.

 

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