Unable to unlock catalog lightroom

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May 2, 2022
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Running Win11 OS, Lightroom 6, Unable to unlock catalog, tried deleting lock file, tried creating a new catalog it gets immediately locked, tried uninstalling then a fresh reinstall creating new catalog then that is immediately locked!

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KR Seals

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What error message do you get?

Are you able to use Lightroom 6 when this happens?

What indication do you have that it's locked?

Is it possible you have multiple catalogs and did not delete the related lock file you thought you did?

Try resetting the Lightroom 6 preferences. Uninstall and reinstall does not reset the preferences. I think with Lr 6, to reset preferences, you have to find the preferences folder and rename it or delete it.

Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.

lancem23241774Author

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1. There is no starting error message
2. The program opens briefly then closes without error message
3. Currently only 1 catalog
4. Worked perfectly last week.

I will look for the preferences folder and rename it.

Lance

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lancem23241774Author

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Edit the preference file to turn off the use of the GPU by Lightroom

http://lightroom-blog.com/2015/05/19/turning-off-lightrooms-gpu-preferences-even-when-crashing-on-startup/comment-page-1/

Changed from true to false, no joy

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