Help - Corrupted catalogue?

Using a iMac with OSX10.5 LR 2.2 locked up & I had to reboot the system. On trying to open LR, I cannot open the existing catalogue db - the error message is:
The Lightroom catalog named LR_Db_280707 cannot be opened because another application already has it opened.
Any advice on how to resolve this issue would be appreciated.

Delete LR Prefs file.
Then go into your LR folder inside of Pictures, try double clicking on the file that ends in .lrcat. Also check to see if there's a file ending in .lock with LR quit. Delete it if there.
Hope this does it- please let us know.

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