If I either leave Photoshop up and go to other applications or quit it, I frequently find that when I either open the application or return to it that the "ball" is spinning and one can not see any images. I force quite the application (as when the "ball" is spinning– as, I cannot quit using the menu with the spinning ball in operation.
After force quitting, if I try to start up Photoshop it will hang a the end of the start up during the "initialization" phase.
If I restart the maching, I am then able to use the application.
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what version of photoshop are you using… also do you have any scanners or digital camera’s and is it just initializing or is it a specific part that it hangs at?
The hang occurs only when I try to restart the application and the hang is during the "initialization" phase. As I said earlier, if I restart the computer– I can open the application without a problem.
It is a little early to declare victory but I followed Ann’s suggestions and got rid of AdobeFnt (about ten files_) and have not been able to recreate the problem.
–>They’ll be back. Those AdobeFnt files seem to breed in dark places and you may find over 40 of them from time to time.
Had this same issue so I did a search and found Ann’s fix (it did work!). As soon as I trashed the fonts, CS launched again. Adobe needs to look into this.
I’m not a Unix guy but I think there’s a way to setup what’s called a "cron script" that will delete these suckers on a regular basis. I may have to look into this. Anyway, thanks Ann.
Fecund AdobeFnt files have been a scourge for several versions of Adobe’s software now.
It is actually less of a problem with CS than it was before. (Earlier version of Illustrator and InDesign were particularly bedevilled by this problem.)
There is a Shareware program on the web which is supposed to clean out the adobefnt. files but I find it just as easy to do it with a "Find"
I found some freeware called ChroniX which (once I figure out how to make a script) will delete them. There are also these FavIcon’s that Safari gets all the time that eventually slows down Safari so I can see the need for some kind of utility that will clean shop. Cron works anyway, I just don’t have a clue how to access it. This shareware looks simple enough and when my wife (the Unix queen) shows me the syntax, I think this will be a good solution. I’ll look into DeepSix too. Thanks.
I have just noticed that the latest version of DeepSix claims: << Fixed a *potential* problem of deleting any AdobeFnt.DB files which *supposedly* causes Adobe Illustrator not to run. >>
I HOPE that means that DeepSix will NOT remove the AdobeFnt.db file because it is a necessary component of Acrobat.
DeepSix will be a godsend until I upgrade to Acrobat 6. There’s no way to use the Distiller version that comes with Acrobat 5.0.5 without removing all those AdobeFnt.lst files first.
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