"Unable to open catalogue - currently in use"

Ivo Sedlacek

• 22. September 2018 17:49

I copied and backuped my C1 catalogues on an external HDD (they include all the photos inside). I tried now to open one - impossible. There is a message "Unable to open catalogue - currently in use by (my name). Catalogue can only be opened when no other users are using it".

What nonsense is this ?? How can I open my catalogues ?

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  Ian Wilson

  Moderator

  • 23. September 2018 08:13

  

  When you open a catalog, Capture One creates a file called writelock. If for some reason Capture One didn't close down cleanly, that may not have been removed again once the catalog had been closed. You can right-click the catalog file, choose "Show package contents", locate the writelock file and delete it. All should now be well.
  
  Here's a page showing how this works.
  
  
  
  Ian
  
  Edited to add: the point of the writelock file is to prevent the corruption and chaos that could result from two users opening the catalog at the same time.

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  Ivo Sedlacek

  • 23. September 2018 15:02

  Yes, thank you 😊

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