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Program started bringing up an error message on startup about being unable to open a catalog as it was open in another instance of Lightroom. Support couldn't get rid of it, so I uninstalled and reinstalled, but now it won't start at all.
If I check in task manager, there's a Lightroom process running, but nothing in actual programs. Shutting that down and trying to restart it just takes it back to the same - a process but no program and no window open.
Help?
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Does it actually say something like "another application already has it opened"? (If that's not it, please give us the EXACT word-for-word error message)
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I can't get the exact wording now as it simply won't start at all now. It was very close to: 'Unable to open catalog as it is already open in another program. Please close the earlier instance of Lightroom, open another catalog or exit'
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Just found this from the 'similar' section. Same message: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/lightroom-won-t-open/td-p/9392133
I'll have a read of that discussion, see if it was solved, but now LRC won't open at all for me.
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Just found this from the 'similar' section. Same message: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/lightroom-won-t-open/td-p/9392133
I'll have a read of that discussion, see if it was solved, but now LRC won't open at all for me.
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Please, give this method a try!
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but now LRC won't open at all for me.
Please provide more info. A nice item by item listing of steps and results may help.
for example
Also, please provide more System Info