Lightroom 3.4 won't open

Usually when I click the shortcut the program just opens up.  Today for whatever reason, it is bringing up a box that says "select catalogue".  The problem is, I can't find what I've been working on.  How do I get it to open like it usually does???

If it's asking you to select the catalog, then it can't find it either.  Where do you usually keep your catalogs - perhaps an external drive that's had its drive letter changed?  I'd suggest using your operating system's search feature to search for .lrcat files (that's LRCAT) to find your catalog.

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