PROBLEM RUNNING LIGHTROOM IN LEOPARD

Hello,
I have installed Lightroom to demo and when launching the application i get the following message and the app won't run:
The Lightroom catalog folder at /Users/Pictures/Lightroom cannot be used because the folder does not allow files to be created within it.
Please fix folder permissions, then re launch Lightroom.
I've tried removing plist, lightroom folder, reinstalling, running disk utilities (repair permisions) ect.
Nothing has worked so far. Any help wold be greatley appreciated.

This issue with the "unknown" user was discussed on the apple forums, and a solution was found.
The discussion is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5670342
The answer was given by mlaster in that thread.
I've had no problem on 3 computers after having done this. Here is my summary (remember...always good to have a backup of your system using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner before doing anything like this).
1) In System Prefs > Accounts select the main user and unlock the
options. Control-click on the user and choose advanced options. Set
the Group ID to 20 (probably says 501 when you first open it).
2) type this in the terminal window:
sudo chown -R yourUserName:staff ~
3) Restart computer. Repair disk permissions.

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