When I open a project in Premiere Pro 2022 a lock symbol appears and I can't edit

[Genevieve5EF7]

When I open a project in Premiere Pro 2022 a lock symbol appears and I can't edit.

I'm working on a brand new project that I started in Premiere Pro 2022. However, I regularly open a second project to add cut clips into so I can make a blooper reel later (or even to pop in an ad etc). When I open the blooper reel that was created in the older Premiere, it upgrades it and a lock symbol appears preventing me from doing anything with the file. Has anyone come across this before? 

[R Neil Haugen]

Go to the folder the project is in, there will be a 'lock' file there, don't remember the exact name but it's essentially the name of the project with "lock" in it I think. The lock files are very small files. Delete that file.

Neil

[Genevieve5EF7]

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the response. I went looking for one when the lock first appeared but I can't seem to find a .prlock file for it anywhere. Even tried just searching my mac for those files...

[R Neil Haugen]

Huh ... where in the world is it getting the lock thing then? Normally that's in the same folder as the project file itself ...

Neil

[Genevieve5EF7]

I knor, right? Driving me insane. Thanks anyway.