The catalog could not be opened because it is currently in use by another program

I get the following error message when I try to open Organizer:
"The catalog could not be opened because it is currently in use by another program."
Any suggestions?

Have you rebooted?
Ken

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Hi Shane. Not much in the way of thoughts - - but fwiw:
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Date: 08/03/2010 05:37 PM
To: "Boomie Shodeinde"<[email protected]>
Subj: Photo shop Element 6 failed to open catalog&amp;nbsp; The catalog could not be opened.&amp;nbsp; It is either corrupt
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