Photoshop refuses to initialize-help!

2004-09-26 08:48:15

I'm running Photoshop 7.0 on Windows XP home and it's been running problem free since I installed it aver a year ago. I'd been working on a document yesterday and, afetr saving it, closed PS. So far so good.
Next time I tried to open PS, it went through the whole boot process but then it closed itself down. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, uninstalling in a different folder etc etc with no success. Any ideas?
Thank

@Frans

2004-09-26 09:17:23

"Hank" wrote...

I'm running Photoshop 7.0 on Windows XP home and it's been running problem free since I installed it aver a year ago. I'd been working on a document yesterday and, afetr saving it, closed PS. So far so good.
Next time I tried to open PS, it went through the whole boot process but then it closed itself down. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, uninstalling in a different folder etc etc with no success. Any ideas?
Thank

SP2? maybe?
Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift while starting PS and the program will reset to default setting

Frans

@Uni

2004-09-26 10:33:42

Frans wrote:

"Hank" wrote...

I'm running Photoshop 7.0 on Windows XP home and it's been running problem free since I installed it aver a year ago. I'd been working on a document yesterday and, afetr saving it, closed PS. So far so good.
Next time I tried to open PS, it went through the whole boot process but then it closed itself down. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, uninstalling in a different folder etc etc with no success. Any ideas?
Thank

SP2? maybe?

Yeah, Microsoft's service pack II for XP is so buggy. Glad I don't use XP!

:-)

Uni

Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift while starting PS and the program will reset to default setting

Frans

@Michelle Stumpf

2004-09-30 18:02:47

The same thing is happening to me - does anyone know of a fix?

"Hank" wrote in message

I'm running Photoshop 7.0 on Windows XP home and it's been running problem free since I installed it aver a year ago. I'd been working on a document yesterday and, afetr saving it, closed PS. So far so good.
Next time I tried to open PS, it went through the whole boot process but then it closed itself down. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, uninstalling in a different folder etc etc with no success. Any ideas?
Thank

@YesItsMe

2004-09-30 18:24:20

Hire someone to fix your computer.

in article , Michelle Stumpf at
wrote on 09/30/2004 11:02 AM:

The same thing is happening to me - does anyone know of a fix?

"Hank" wrote in message

I'm running Photoshop 7.0 on Windows XP home and it's been running problem free since I installed it aver a year ago. I'd been working on a document yesterday and, afetr saving it, closed PS. So far so good.
Next time I tried to open PS, it went through the whole boot process but then it closed itself down. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, uninstalling in a different folder etc etc with no success. Any ideas?
Thank

@Dave Du Plessis

2004-09-30 19:23:34

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:24:20 -0700, YesItsMe
wrote:

Hire someone to fix your computer.

Michelle Stumpf at

The same thing is happening to me - does anyone know of a fix?
"Hank"

I'm running Photoshop 7.0 on Windows XP home and it's been running problem free since I installed it aver a year ago. I'd been working on a document yesterday and, afetr saving it, closed PS. So far so good.
Next time I tried to open PS, it went through the whole boot process but then it closed itself down. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, uninstalling in a different folder etc etc with no success. Any ideas?
Thank

Are you people sure that you have installed a 'Help' file? If yes, there is other ways to initialize it - by entering it direct via Windows Explorer (or Total Commander)

Dave