P: Updated to 12.1 & seeing "Failed to initialize pixel-mask storage' error after relaunch (Win)

[Ales22261721njc9]

Based on posted recommendations here, I updated my LR C to 12.1., however, I still do get the error message and am not able to open LR at all. 

What shall I do?

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[Charly Raser]

We have an iMac with macOS Monterey 12.5.1 and the actual Lightroom 12.1.
On the iMac we have an administrator account an an user account.

Somme weeks ago, on starting Lightroom Classic in the administrator account, i got the error message

"Pixelmaskenspeicher konnte nicht initialisiert werden"

The Lockfile in the folder LR_Katalog_Classic-2023.lrcat-data coud not created.

I tried to give Lightroom Classic full HDD acces, same problem.
Then i removed that file ans start Lightroom again, now it starts.

So i close all applications, log of from the admin account and switch to the user account.
If i start Lightroom Classic, i get the same error message. I can delete that file and restart Lightroom.
It works. If i switch back to the admin account, same problem!!!
I have to delete that file manually before i can start Lightroom.

Can anybody help us?

Thank you and BR
Rainer
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[remyh59711007]

En lisant tous les commentaires j'ai pu résoudre mon problème:

1- copier le catalogue sous un autre nom

2-Lancer Lr avec Option appuyé(Ctrl en Windows) pour pouvoir choisir le catalogue avec lequel lancer Lr, j'ai donc choisi l'avant dernier

3- Ouvrir le catalogue renommé sous l'action n°1

et voila

[Ashley25902597m2cj]

Can I just say I am having this same issue with the upgraded version and your workaround worked!  Thank you soooooo much!!

[Ian Lyons]

I suspect this is the same bug as is discussed in https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-updated-to-12-1-amp-seeing-quot-failed-to-in...

@Rikk Flohr: Photography  merge this thread with above if it's the same issue.

[DAYENE246486011yut]

@chuckc97610624 I'm literally crying in gratitude. Thank you so much for your help!!

[Fabian27241786be7k]

Guten Tag!

Nachdem ich dazu hier noch nichts gefunden habe und ich nicht mehr weiter weiß, melde ich mich auch mal hier. Hello World!

Leider habe ich gestern aus versehen eine SSD mit einem gespeicherten Katalog darauf aus versehen von meinem Macbook M1 Pro abgezogen (Standby-Modus, Katalog war offen). Jetzt komme ich nicht mehr rein (auch nicht in die auf den Desktop kopierte Version). Hat da jemand eine Idee, woran es liegen könnte? Folgende Fehlermeldung wird mir dabei angezeigt: 

Pixelmaskenspeicher konnte nicht initialisiert werden

Die Sperrdatei im Ordner HIERNAMEEINFÜGEN2023.lrcat-data konnte nicht erstellt werden.

Der Prozess kann nicht auf den Ordner zugreifen, da er von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird.

Danke für die Hilfe und liebe Grüße!

[Louis28255538ncx9]

Bonjour, 

J'ai exactement le même problème sur un catalogue ouvert hier, sur lequel j'ai beaucoup travaillé dans la nuit, et qui est impossible à ouvrir aujourd'hui

Message :

Échec de l'initialisation du stockage du masque de pixels

Échec de la création du fichier de verrouillage dans le dossier : Shoot 26 jan.lrcat-data.

Le processus ne peut pas accéder au dossier car il est utilisé par un autre processus.

[GoldingD]

From:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-error-message-failed-to-initialize-pixel-mask-storage-windows/m-p/13301452/page/2#M295758 

The following reply

Sameer K Adobe Employee
Sameer K
Adobe Employee , Oct 27, 2022
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Hi all,
 
Please use these workarounds while we investigate this issue's root cause.
 
For Windows:
Go to the catalog location > Open the .lrdata folder.
Delete or move the file named 'Current.'
Relaunch Lightroom Classic - twice. (The first relaunch returns the error, the following relaunch works)

For macOS-pre-Ventura  (experimental on Ventura):
Go to the catalog location > Right-click on the .lrdata file > select 'Show Package Contents'.
Delete the file named 'Current.'
Relaunch Lightroom Classic - twice. (The first relaunch returns the error, the following relaunch works)
 
Thanks!
Sameer K

[sarahbed]

Hello everyone,

I was copying my Lightroom catalog from one external HD to another, and interrupted the process because the computer was frozen. I later tried to open my Lightroom catalog from the original external HD and the message "failed to initialize pixel-mask storage" comes up. It says the process cannot access the folder because it is being used by another process, even if I stopped the copying of my catalog to the other external HD.

Since then I haven't been able to open Lightroom Classic and I am afraid of losing my work. 

I am currently on the 12.1 Lightroom Version and MacOS Ventura 13.0.1

Please help 😞

[Ian Lyons]

It's a known issue discussed in this linked thread https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-updated-to-12-1-amp-seeing-quot-failed-to-in...

Note that your post will likely be merged into above thread.

[Jao vdL]

Have you tried rebooting the machine?

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Greetings all,

Updates for Adobe Photography products have been released.  The February 2023  updates contain a fix for this issue. 

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for your patience.