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another "can't create a new catalogue issue" question

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ferencmail

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I cannot create a new catalogue in Lightroom CC any drive (external or c:\).This is something new as last week I did not have this problem. When selecting create new catalogue and browsing to the any hard drive location and selecting “create”, nothing happens.

In Catalogue settings the path/ location to the catalogue I have been using and continue to edit in reflects the right drive etc and its also correct in thebackup menu however there is a “Path (*Offline)”. I can work on/edit in the current catalogue and back it up on exit to the drive I am working on but there is still a “Path (*Offline)” showing. There is no issues with catalogue integrity. There are no other back ups listed here otherthan the one I am working on with the correct drive letter

I have uninstalled/reinstalled LRC, I have updated windows 11, I have reset LRC defaults. I right clicked the execution file/ LRC launcher icon and have selected properties and under security tab I have given full access to all the users listed there but noticed that some ticks are greyed out. I have uninstalled and reinstalled my VPN software. For 2 days I have been at it... Is it a hardware security access issue?

Has anyone else come across this?

Thanks,
Ferenc
 
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One thing that often happens is that you don’t realise you have to enter a name for the new catalog. The dialog isn’t very clear in this respect.
 
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Johan probably has identified your problem.
If not then a screen shot of the new Catalog dialog would help us.
 
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So I have managed to work on another catalogue. I tried to launch another catalogue and now I get this erorr message below. I have looked for the .lock file and cannot find it.

I have checked the permission for the drive and there is full access to all usres listed....

Any advive, much appreciated
 

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Looking at write permissions, I tried to reset access by using "replace all child object permission enties with ...." and I found a .xmp file error
 

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Ya gotta love these “helpful” error messages that mean absolutely nothing to the typical user and read like something that MIGHT be helpful to the tech folk that wrote (or maintain) the OS.
 
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ferencmail said:
So I have managed to work on another catalogue. I tried to launch another catalogue and now I get this erorr message below. I have looked for the .lock file and cannot find it.

I have checked the permission for the drive and there is full access to all usres listed....

Any advive, much appreciated
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Thanks for the screen shot of the message. Lightroom is telling you that the catalog file named "Seagate Summer 26" (Presumably the full name with extension is "Seagate Summer 26.lrcat"). If I recall correctly, this is on a removable volume (E:\?) "Not Writable" says that Lightroom does not have permission to write to that file. Somewhere in the full path is a permission issue. It could be in one of the parent folders and sub folders rather than the file itself. IF this was an NTFS created volume originally on another computer, then your computer needs to take owenership of the volume before you can read and write to it. Your other screen shot refers to a "LOCK". When Lightroom is running and a catalog is open, Lightroom creates a sentinel file with the extension of "Seagate Summer 26.lrcat".lock". This file is deleted when Lightroom exits normally. Is there are file named "Seagate Summer 26.lrcat.lock" present in the folder with the catalog file?

Windows works to keep user ignorant of file extensions and hides them. Since I see no extensions listed. can I assume that you still have Windows settings at the default and it is still keeping you in the dark abot the extensions which are very important to know. Seagate Summer 26.lrcat". is the catalog file and very different from the additional data in Seagate Summer 26.lrcat-data".
 
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Thank you clee, I will work it out. I have lost the edits I had done on 6500 photos so I am starting from scratch. I accidentily deleted my edits when reformatting the drive. I am using NTFS. Thank you all for your help. Much appreciated

Ferenc (typical user)
 
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Did you (before reformatting the drive) back up your Lightroom catalog periodically/regularly? If so, unless the catalog backups you made were also deleted during the drive reformat, you probably haven't lost all the edits on those 6500 images.
 
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