>>Are you running SSMS as Admin? Also, what is your default DB when you start SSMS? You need to make sure you're connecting to master before restoring.
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>Yes, the program is run as administrator.
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>Yes, the swith to Master is always the first thing that is performed when a restore applies.

I've run into this when an app - VFP or .NET- is not running, but the VFP or .NET IDE that ran the app is still open. When I close the IDE the issue goes away.