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Hi All,
Seem PSCS saves files differently than PS7.0. I’ve been seeing the following error msg when attempting to save files:
"Could not save as "~1ddk312.tmp" because the file is already in use or was left open."
Well, it turns out, the bug is not a real bug. Its a contention between PS CS new way of saving files, and my ACDSEE image viewer fighting over the .TMP file. It’s a race condition between both software programs. This never happened with PS7.0 or earlier.
Here’s what happens. PSCS now opens a .TMP file to save the image. As its being written, ACDSEE tries to create a thumbnail of the image. When PS is done writing, it now attempts to rename the .TMP to the original file name. BUT if ACDSEE is still reading it to create the thumbnail, PS will error on the rename, leaving the .TMP in the directory.
So, the solution is to keep ACDSEE or any image viewer in non-thumbnail mode so its not watching folder updates to gen thumbnails. The contention goes away, and life is happy.
Just an FYI for future reference.
….Doug
Seem PSCS saves files differently than PS7.0. I’ve been seeing the following error msg when attempting to save files:
"Could not save as "~1ddk312.tmp" because the file is already in use or was left open."
Well, it turns out, the bug is not a real bug. Its a contention between PS CS new way of saving files, and my ACDSEE image viewer fighting over the .TMP file. It’s a race condition between both software programs. This never happened with PS7.0 or earlier.
Here’s what happens. PSCS now opens a .TMP file to save the image. As its being written, ACDSEE tries to create a thumbnail of the image. When PS is done writing, it now attempts to rename the .TMP to the original file name. BUT if ACDSEE is still reading it to create the thumbnail, PS will error on the rename, leaving the .TMP in the directory.
So, the solution is to keep ACDSEE or any image viewer in non-thumbnail mode so its not watching folder updates to gen thumbnails. The contention goes away, and life is happy.
Just an FYI for future reference.
….Doug
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