Install photoshop 6.0 with XP

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tania_soann
Jan 8, 2004
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I installed 6.0 on my new XP home upgrade. My system is a Dellt600t with 512k RAM.

The installation, from 4.0 then 6.0 seemed to go fine, I got the readme file, but when I went later to run, the only thing that came up, was a box with the following error:

C:\ProgramFiles\Adobe|Photoshop 6.0\Photoshp.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

It worked in 98 which I was running in fat32?

I tried the compatibility wizard and came up with nothing and found nothing in the adobe knowledge base.

Hoping you can help- Thanks,

Tania
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dave_milbut
Jan 8, 2004
uninstall then reinstall 6. something screwy happened. close all running apps first. better yet, install in "safe mode".
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LenHewitt
Jan 8, 2004
Tania,

Did you upgrade to XP ‘over_the_top’ of your Win98 installation?

If so, you can expect a lot of ongoing problems, I’m afraid.

XP MUST be installed to it’s own new folder, preferably on a freshly formatted partition, and then ALL applications, drivers etc. re-installing if you want it to work correctly
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Robert_Levine
Jan 8, 2004
To add to Len’s post. You don’t even need to format the partition. The XP install will take care of that for you.

It’s a piece of cake install and will take far less time than troubleshooting the problems that an operating system upgrade causes.

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