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techymichele
techymichele
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Mar 31, 2017 6:29 PM UTC
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Lightroom cannot create a catalog error

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?

royal.trexCorrect answer
Participant
Jun 6, 2020 4:59 AM UTC

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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royal.trexCorrect answer
Participant
Jun 6, 2020 4:59 AM UTC

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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    ACP Sambo
    Participant
    Nov 7, 2025 11:40 AM UTC

    Thanks, it did helped me to run LR again. The problem was that I edited in catalog that was on an external HD...

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    JaredNew
    Participant
    Mar 4, 2018 5:39 AM UTC

    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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    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    Mar 31, 2017 7:09 PM UTC

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

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    techymichele
    techymicheleAuthor
    Participant
    Mar 31, 2017 7:14 PM UTC

    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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    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    Mar 31, 2017 7:56 PM UTC

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

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