Lightroom cannot use the Catalog named "Lightroom 5" because it is not ........

I keep getting an error after closing Lightoom "Lightroom cannot use the Catalog named "Lightroom 5" because it is not writable and cannot be opened"
Eventually I have been able to regain acess only to have it happen again, it is happening every day now. I have tried shutting down services and programs, sometimes it works. I have restarted my computer, I have deleted previews.lrdat and that worked once, but not always. I have saved and optimised the catalog, still happens. there is no journal file open or in existence when this error happens and finally, now I have lost my publish services which represent the record of hudreds, even thousands of online images. HELP

Have you checked the permissions on the folder where the catalog is stored and the permissions on the catalog file itself? Does it show write permission or something else?
And just a wild shot in the dark, you should also check to see if the catalog file or its folder is shown as Read Only by your operating system (It should not be)

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Even for just opening a catalog, since this database does not have a save-to-catalog command.
Maybe it makes sense that you do not have them for a backup storage location in order to prevent accidental overwriting?
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