topic Compress Geodatabase in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118206#M43654 <P>ArcMap version 10.5&nbsp;</P><P>I am trying to compress my geodatabase however when I attempt to do it I get the following error: "ERROR 999999: Error executing function" and then it goes on to say that the geodatabase is open in ArcMap on my computer when it is not.</P><P>Can someone help me with this?</P> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:39:09 GMT PoweshiekCounty 2021-11-18T15:39:09Z Compress Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118206#M43654 <P>ArcMap version 10.5&nbsp;</P><P>I am trying to compress my geodatabase however when I attempt to do it I get the following error: "ERROR 999999: Error executing function" and then it goes on to say that the geodatabase is open in ArcMap on my computer when it is not.</P><P>Can someone help me with this?</P> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:39:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118206#M43654 PoweshiekCounty 2021-11-18T15:39:09Z Re: Compress Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118438#M43655 <P>Are we talking about a file geodatabase?</P> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 22:42:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118438#M43655 MichaelVolz 2021-11-18T22:42:48Z Re: Compress Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118645#M43656 <P>Yes</P> Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:28:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1118645#M43656 PoweshiekCounty 2021-11-19T14:28:00Z Re: Compress Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1119147#M43669 <P>Is the file geodatabase on a network drive and being accessed by another machine? If its in dropbox try moving it out of that and compress that version.</P><P>How are you attempting to compress it? From a script or from ArcCatalog, if ArcMap is not open?</P> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 12:25:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/compress-geodatabase/m-p/1119147#M43669 DuncanHornby 2021-11-22T12:25:08Z