Database upgrade error

wbeeman

I upgraded system applications on my computer and my Zotero app stopped working. When I open it I get the following Error message. The online data base is fine. This is the app resident on my computer. Please help. I am in a time-sensitive situation and desperately need the app.

wbeeman@umn.edu

Error: Error(s) encountered during statement execution: attempt to write a readonly database [QUERY: DELETE FROM itemTypesCombined] [PARAMS: ] [ERROR: attempt to write a readonly database]
Zotero.DBConnection.prototype.queryAsync@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/db.js:705:13
From previous event:
this.init@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:414:25
getContentsFromURL@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/file.js:339:13
Zotero.Intl</<@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/intl.js:100:35
Zotero.Intl</this.getString@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/intl.js:144:18
this.getString@chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/zotero.js:1539:24
ZoteroPane<@chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.js:3173:19
@chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.js:31:18
@chrome://zotero/content/zoteroPane.xhtml:82:25

poettli

This generally indicates a permission problems. It can also be due to the storage location to be on a network drive or cloud storage folder.

Depending on your OS, the source of the error can also be related to:
- On Linux, the snap package . (It might have been fixed since.)
- On Windows, a security software.
- On macOS, the Migration Assistant.