I had this same error when I had Win10 up and running for a few days.
Legacy ran perfectly for a day or two and then I got the error you mentioned: “Error Opening Message File. Could not lock file”. I’m not sure if Legacy support may have another answer for you but I found that it has to do with file permissions. How or why the OS changed some file permissions remains unknown. I was able to manually change the file permissions and make Legacy run again. It’s not something an ordinary person should get involved with but if you feel up to, check the file permissions on the main .fdb file. That was my final straw with Win10 and even that was after doing a clean install. I reinstalled Win7 and haven’t looked back since. Brian in CA From: Jerry in Michigan [mailto:bearjerca...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 9:00 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Can't Launch Legacy 8 Hi everyone - I just upgraded to Windows 10 and I am getting the following error when attempting to launch a fresh install of Legacy 8: Error Opening Message File. Could not lock file I can only launch Legacy if I RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR, but I get a message beforehand which states: The language file Legacy8.lng is the wrong version: Expected Version: 30 July 2015 01:28:39 Your Version: 26 Feb 2015 22:23:11 But when I take a look at the properties of Legacy8.lng, it tells me that file was modified 30 Jul 2015 1:32:44 A.M., not 26 Feb 2015 as stated on the message. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling without any success. Anyone have an idea what is going on? Thanks, Jerry Boor Rochester Hills, Michigan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
