Seems like I go through this problem time and again with Photoshop + Acrobat CS2 and still have yet to resolve a way of fixing it short of completely wiping my drive and re-installing Windows (XP Pro) The error is "application library failed to load and the product cannot continue"

If there is anyone out there that has figured out a way to fix this issue please fill me in.

This time I went as far as a complete and though removal of all Adobe products from the system and the registry and then completely reinstalled the product.

I have forgone purchasing CS3 because of this issue as I am 99% sure that it has still not been resolved.

Basically Photoshop and Acrobat are useless at this point and I am using an old version of Picture Publisher and Macromedia Fireworks to complete my work. This I assume is good advertising for Adobe :)

Anyone have any ideas????

See this post in the forum "could not complete your request because of a program error", PDF format, cs2, xp" as this is an ongoing Adobe issue that they have completely blown off!

I am working on

Adobe Photoshop Version: 9.0.2 (9.0.2x296)
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 5.1 Service Pack 2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:15, Model:2, Stepping:9 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 1
Processor speed: 2798 MHz
Built-in memory: 2559 MB
Free memory: 1812 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1758 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 55 %
Image cache levels: 6
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (I have a legal copy)
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\ Temporary file path: C:\DOCUME~1\JIMSHE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\ Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
Startup, 128.0G, 65.5G free
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins\ Additional Plug-ins folder: not set
Installed plug-ins:
ADM 3.10x21
ASDStrm 1.03x2
Accented Edges 9.0
Angled Strokes 9.0
Average 9.0 (9.0x196)
BMP 9.0 (9.0x196)
Bas Relief 9.0
Camera Raw 3.7
Chalk & Charcoal 9.0
Charcoal 9.0
Chrome 9.0
Cineon 9.0 (9.0x196)
Clouds 9.0 (9.0x196)
Color Halftone 9.0 (9.0x196)
Colored Pencil 9.0
CompuServe GIF 9.0 (9.0x196)
Conditional Mode Change 9.0 (9.0x196)
Contact Sheet II 9.0 (9.0x196)
Conté Crayon 9.0
Craquelure 9.0
Crop and Straighten Photos 9.0 (9.0x196)
Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 9.0 (9.0x196)
Crosshatch 9.0
Crystallize 9.0 (9.0x196)
Cutout 9.0
Dark Strokes 9.0
De-Interlace 9.0 (9.0x196)
Difference Clouds 9.0 (9.0x196)
Diffuse Glow 9.0
Displace 9.0 (9.0x196)
Dry Brush 9.0
Embed Watermark 1.70.19
Export Transparent Image 9.0 (9.0x196)
Extract 9.0 (9.0x196)
Extrude 9.0 (9.0x196)
FastCore Routines 9.0 (9.0x196)
Fibers 9.0 (9.0x196)
Film Grain 9.0
Filmstrip 9.0 (9.0x196)
Filter Gallery 9.0
Fit Image 9.0 (9.0x196)
Fresco 9.0
Generic EPS 9.0
Glass 9.0
Glowing Edges 9.0
Grain 9.0
Graphic Pen 9.0
HDRMergeAlign 9.0x001
HDRMergeUI 9.0x001
Halftone Pattern 9.0
Ink Outlines 9.0
Lens Blur 9.0
Lens Correction 9.0
Lens Flare 9.0 (9.0x196)
Lighting Effects 9.0 (9.0x196)
Liquify 9.0
MMXCore Routines 9.0.1 (9.0.1x289)
Merge to HDR 1.0x001
Mezzotint 9.0 (9.0x196)
Mosaic Tiles 9.0
Multiprocessor Support 9.0 (9.0x196)
NTSC Colors 9.0 (9.0x196)
Neon Glow 9.0
Note Paper 9.0
Ocean Ripple 9.0
OpenEXR 9.0 (9.0x196)
PCX 9.0 (9.0x196)
PNG 9.0 (9.0x196)
PNG Icons 1.22x1
Paint Daubs 9.0
Palette Knife 9.0
Patchwork 9.0
Paths to Illustrator 9.0 (9.0x196)
Pattern Maker 9.0 (9.0x196)
Photo CD 9.0 (9.0x196)
Photocopy 9.0
Photomerge 9.0 (9.0x196)
PhotomergeCylmap 9.0 (9.0x196)
PhotomergeRender 9.0 (9.0x196)
PhotomergeUI 9.0 (9.0x196)
Picture Package 9.0 (9.0x196)
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