Failure in opening Lightroom Classic Catalog

Learn how to resolve the failure in opening Lightroom Classic catalog.

Issue

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The following dialog box appears in versions 15.0 and earlier versions.

While opening a catalog, you encounter the following error.

Ensure that you have admin privileges on the machine.
Make sure only a single instance of Lightroom Classic is accessing the current catalog in use.
Ensure the disk has sufficient space.
Restart the system and then open Lightroom Classic.

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