Opening lightroom catalog

Since installing Lightroom 5, I keep getting the message that Lightroom cannot open the Lightroom catalog 5 because it is not a writeable. It will not even oopen Lightroom.  What can I do to resolve the issue?

Thanks, found it, but not certain why it would not have been there, this was thr first time I have opened Lightroom, and I would have expected all files and headings to be viewable.
Thanks again.

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