i_h_a wrote:
I know this has been handled before, but none of the solutions worked for me, I try Deleting the Prefs, ..it seems to and then it goes ahead and does the same thing.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift & open CS
brings up "Delete Adobe Photoshop Settings File?" and I click 'Yes' then it continues through the initializing and font reading and whatnot, gets to "Reading Text Global Resources...Done" ...then nothing, it freezes up, goes all white and 'Not Responding'
Can somebody open a curtain on this?
anyone?
Here are some thoughts. Look long and hard at the settings file issue. Is it possible that an administrative issue is preventing PS from actually deleting the settings file? Search for a folder named "Adobe Photoshop CS Settings" in your Docs and Settings folder and delete the files manually before starting CS. There appear to be a set of "generic" settings files as well - if those are corrupted that could cause a persistent failure.
If you have not already removed, rebooted, and re-installed PS CS, do so, and in addition use regedit to delete the registry keys for Photoshop under HKL/Software. Use regedit's search facility to remove all keys referencing "Photoshop CS" or "Photoshop 8.0".
You may have a bad font installed that causes PS to hang. Look for the most recently modified font file and start by moving it to another folder - if you're lucky that will do the trick.
If not, I'd advise systematically checking for a bad font file. Try moving most of your fonts to another folder and rebooting. If CS starts, it's almost certainly a bad font. Add half your fonts, reboot, and try again, using a binary search strategy, to zero in on the defective font.
If that doesn't do the trick, there is a developer utility called logger.exe available free from Microsoft. Logger will show the status of each and every system call, and will show you what PS was trying to do before hanging.
Be sure to post back with your eventual solution so that others may Google for it.
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Mike Russell
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