Unable to import Beta2 catalogs in LR3

Hi,
I did not see any topic about my problem.
I had both LR2.6 and LR3Beta2 installed; I saved both complete catalogs and then installed LR3 complete final version.
Due to file sizes, I initiated LR3 catalog with LR2.6 data with no issue.
But when I want to import LR3B2 catalog, it fails with this error message (translated from French) : "Lightroom cannot import this catalog due to unknown error" (while searching for files in double).
Unfortunately, I cannot open this catalog at all, the B2 has been removed from the computer during final release install !!
Thanks in advance for your support
Kind regards

If you have a folder of images, say My Pictrures/2010/Vacation_in_France, present in both the catalog you import (A) and catalog being imported (B), Lightroom will fail to import from catalog.
You have to remove that folder from any of the two catalogs (A) or (B), before importing (B) into (A).
EDIT: Here's a related thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2886682#2886682.

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