Could not complete Export command because of a program error OSX

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Rhonda_Studer
Jun 1, 2004
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I’m suddenly getting this message after trying to use the "Save for Web" option in Photoshop 7.0.1. I’ve done this a thousand times before with no problems. I tried to resave a file that I’ve previously exported for the web successfully, and it wouldn’t work either. I tried following the FAQ instructions for dealing with this error in OS 9, but can’t find my preferences folder for Photoshop with the new OSX structure!

I am running a 1.25 GHz G4 with both OS9 and X installed, but basically run everything in X. Plenty of RAM – 1024 MB. The only weird thing that’s happened lately was an unexpected power outage during a storm. That wiped out some of my preferences in my web browser, but that was the only effect I was aware of — and this is the first time since that happened that I’ve tried this particular operation. Everything else in Photoshop seems to be working okay…

Suggestions? Thanks in advance…

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Ann_Shelbourne
Jun 1, 2004
How have you named your files, folders and drives?
This can happen when you have used UNIX-unfriendly characters like slashes, commas, hyphens etc. in your names.
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Rhonda_Studer
Jun 1, 2004
Hi Ann — all my file names are alpha numeric, both the old ones and new. And I haven’t made any changes to the type of files I’ve been working on (downloads from my digital camera) or how I’ve handled them. Like I said, I’m doing exactly the same thing I’ve done successfully several hundred (if not a thousand) times before. Which makes me feel like something somewhere has become corrupted in my software. Very strange and quite annoying!
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Ram
Jun 1, 2004
Start by trashing your preferences files.

Username > Library > Preferences folder >
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Buko
Jun 1, 2004
also trash save for web prefs
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Rhonda_Studer
Jun 1, 2004
Trashing the web prefs worked. There were a ton of them in there! So thanks to Buko for the suggestion and Ramon for directions on how to get there!
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Ram
Jun 1, 2004
You’re welcome, Rhonda. Glad you fixed your problem.

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