Mongo error on I control hotfix

Question

I have tried to start mongod.exe from my 2008 R2 server and im getting this error:

I CONTROL Hotfix kb2731284 or a later update is not installed, will zero-o         


        

Answer 1

Well, that is a common problem when you shut down your machine and mongodb server is running, it is pretty clear that MongoDb has created a lock in your db folder.

Just go to c:\data\db and remove MONGOD.LOCK

Run Mongo and it will work again.