CS Browser outputting Unix Executable rather than JPEG files in Batch Rename

VP
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Victor_Patterson
Sep 1, 2004
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I am using an eMac with OSX 10.3.5. I have previously successfully used the browser in both 7 and CS to Batch Rename jpegs imported from a Nikon D100. First evidence of a problem was when the batch renamed files (all with jpeg extensions) refused to open in PS CS. I used the Get Info command to get file information on one of the JPEGs that refused to open and one that I had previously worked on. I was surprised to find that the JPEG file that had been batch-renamed was classified as a Unix Executable File whereas the JPEG from an earlier date was described as a Adobe Photoshop JPEG file. When I rename a file manually with the very same CS Browser it opens perfectly normally and is described in Get Info as an Adobe PS JPEG. I have de-installed and re-installed CS in the hope that this might help – regrettably the problem persists. Help would be appreciated. Regards. Victor Patterson, Belfast, UK.
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Ed_Hannigan
Sep 1, 2004
Sounds like a candidate for trashing preferences.
VP
Victor_Patterson
Sep 1, 2004
Ed – Thanks for coming back on my Browser problem. Could you be a little more specific? I have looked at the preferences and there doesn’t seem to be anything amiss. Regards. Victor
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Ram
Sep 1, 2004
Victor,

Preferences files can and do get corrupted —frequently.

Trashing them or re-setting them (with Photoshop off) forces it to create fresh new ones when you re-launch.

See:

<http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/6712.htm>
EG
Ed_Gerson
Sep 1, 2004
Had the same problem. You wonder
if you just lost everything in the folder.

Try running Norton Utilities or a similar program.

My problem was a node; followed Disk Doctor with defrag and optimize.

Regardless of how advanced OS X is supposed to be, it
seems to splatter the directory all over the hard drive when using PS CS.

Ed Gerson
R
Ram
Sep 1, 2004
Also:

Try Repairing Permissions (with Apple’s Disk Utility) BEFORE and AFTER any system upgrade as well as BEFORE and AFTER installing any software that uses an installer.

I know it sounds like OS X voodoo, and it is; but it fixes and prevents a bunch of problems.

Additionally, if your machine does not run 24/7 so that it runs the daily, weekly and monthly Cron Scripts in the middle of the night as intended, run Cocktail (shareware) as well.

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