Failure in opening Lightroom Classic Catalog


While opening a catalog, you are provided with the following error.

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Lightroom Classic Error

To solve the issue:

  • Ensure that you have admin privilege in the machine.
  • Restart the machine and then open Lightroom Classic.

If you still see the same error, do the following:

Windows

  1. Open the location of the catalog. The default location of the catalog would be File Explorer > Pictures > Lightroom.

  2. Open the catalog-name.lrcat-data folder.

  3. Locate and delete the "CURRENT" file.

    Catalog error file location on windows

  4. Open Lightroom Classic and ignore the same error message that may pop-up.

  5. Re-open Lightroom Classic again.

Mac

  1. Open the location of the catalog. The default location of the catalog would be in the Pictures folder. 

  2. Right-click the catalog-name.lrcat-data folder and select show package contents.

  3. Delete the "CURRENT" file.

    Catalog error file location on mac

  4. Open Lightroom Classic and ignore the same error message that may pop-up.

  5. Re-open Lightroom Classic again.

The above procedure should solve the issue. If you need further assistance, try our community page or check Learn & Support.

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