Database upgrade error

mnicholls · December 17, 2012

Both zotero standalone and firefox will not open. Error message received is "Database upgrade error". Debug ID is D1307082510. System is windows 7.
Any help appreciated. Thanks. Micah

dstillman · December 17, 2012

[JavaScript Error: "uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520013 (NS_ERROR_FILE_READ_ONLY) [mozIStorageConnection.executeSimpleSQL]" nsresult: "0x80520013 (NS_ERROR_FILE_READ_ONLY)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/db.js :: :: line 149" data: no] [QUERY: DELETE FROM version WHERE schema IN ('translators', 'repository', 'lastcheck')] [ERROR: attempt to write a readonly database]"]

Your database is read-only. Check the permissions of your Zotero data directory. If you're running security software, try disabling it.

mnicholls · December 18, 2012

Changing the permissions worked thanks! I don´t know why this problem occurred as I hadn´t touched the permissions to the database.