Lightroom cannot use the catalog named "Lightroom 2 Catalog" because it is not writ..

[namalzir]

Hi

Please help..I'm stuck.

I have LR2.3 installed on a vista partition on my HD, with the catalogues backed up on an external HD.
Now i have installed LR2.3 on a different partition on the internal HD using W7 RC1, but when I try to open LR I get this message: Lightroom cannot use the catalog named "Lightroom 2 Catalog" because it is not writable and cannot be opened.

The same catalog opens as it should in the Vista partition.. Can it have something to do with the drive letters changing from one partition to another? If so, does anyone know how to fix this, as I would like to be able to use the same catalog on both partitions?

 

[elfroggio]

Hi
The same catalog opens as it should in the Vista partition.. Can it have something to do with the drive letters changing from one partition to another? If so, does anyone know how to fix this, as I would like to be able to use the same catalog on both partitions?

The catalog contains the drive and the path. You can convert the UNC path (Universal Naming Convention) to the drive letter of your choice with the the subst command. This will not work with Macs, but it may work under Windows 7:

subst Y: "[URL=file://\\.host\Shared]\\.host\Shared[/URL] Folders"

For more explanations about the substitute command see: http://www.easydos.com/subst.html and there are many more sites that will give more detailed explanations.

Once you have remapped the drive you can use the same folder/directory.

Please note: I have not tried it under Windows 7 but it works under XP and Vista.

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[Victoria Bampton]

The Windows 7 install doesn't have permission to write to the Vista partition, that's all. Syv's option may well work, or you could just copy the catalog to a drive that W7 does have permission to use.

And of course, the gentle reminder that W7 is still in beta and not officially supported for Lightroom yet, so make sure your backups are up to date.