Lightroom Cat. will not open/ and "lock" file will not delete! help!

[charlotteb27158553]

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

[Just Shoot Me]

Is LR closed when you are trying to delete the Lock file?

[charlotteb27158553]

yes

[ManiacJoe]

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.

[charlotteb27158553]

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?

[ManiacJoe]

Check the "get info" in the drive and the folder and the actual files.

[Mohit Goyal]

Hi charlotteb,

Please restart your machine and then try to delete the lock file.

Thanks,

Mohit

[van_heim · Accepted solution]

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

[Mohit Goyal]

That's great..!! thanks for trying.

Regards,

Mohit