Photoshop 7 hi res icons causing Windows XP to crash

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Alberich
Feb 25, 2004
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Is there a FAQ on this problem? I’ve upgraded recently to Photoshop
7.01…(I WILL NOT get Photoshop CS upgrade and probably won’t be
getting any more Photoshop upgrades because of the activation technology) but I’ve been noticing a problem with images using the Photoshop icons. For example, I’ve noticed that when I try opening a Windows Explorer instance which has all my jpegs, bmp, that the directory opens very slowly and they’re using the Photoshop 7 hi res icons. If I keep that window open too long…I get a Windows error message which forces that directory window to close. It seems the only way I can see the directory is through Photoshop 7’s file browser or a third party file browser which can handle such large quantities of bmp, stc. But I’ve been wondering if there is a workaround that can fix this Photoshop 7 hi res icon issue causing Windows Explorer windows to crash if they open directories with alot of image icons in them.

Thanks in advance.
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Branko Vukelic
Feb 25, 2004
Alberich wrote:

Is there a FAQ on this problem? I’ve upgraded recently to Photoshop
7.01…(I WILL NOT get Photoshop CS upgrade and probably won’t be
getting any more Photoshop upgrades because of the activation technology) but I’ve been noticing a problem with images using the Photoshop icons. For example, I’ve noticed that when I try opening a Windows Explorer instance which has all my jpegs, bmp, that the directory opens very slowly and they’re using the Photoshop 7 hi res icons. If I keep that window open too long…I get a Windows error message which forces that directory window to close. It seems the only way I can see the directory is through Photoshop 7’s file browser or a third party file browser which can handle such large quantities of bmp, stc. But I’ve been wondering if there is a workaround that can fix this Photoshop 7 hi res icon issue causing Windows Explorer windows to crash if they open directories with alot of image icons in them.
Thanks in advance.

Let me guess:

1. Never have too many files in the folder. or Switch to some viewing that doesn’t generate thumbnails.

2. Stick to your image browsers. Most of them have a file management facility that works nice making the Explorer redundant.

3. If you need a good (dedicated) file manager, get Total Commander. It even has a FTP functionality which I like very much. (I don’t know if people here would agree that this is the best available file manager, but for me, it’s just an old habit from MS-DOS days, when I enjoyed the Norton Commander.)

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Kingdom
Feb 25, 2004
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Is there a FAQ on this problem? I’ve upgraded recently to Photoshop
7.01…(I WILL NOT get Photoshop CS upgrade and probably won’t be
getting any more Photoshop upgrades because of the activation technology) but I’ve been noticing a problem with images using the Photoshop icons. For example, I’ve noticed that when I try opening a Windows Explorer instance which has all my jpegs, bmp, that the directory opens very slowly and they’re using the Photoshop 7 hi res icons. If I keep that window open too long…I get a Windows error message which forces that directory window to close. It seems the only way I can see the directory is through Photoshop 7’s file browser or a third party file browser which can handle such large quantities of bmp, stc. But I’ve been wondering if there is a workaround that can fix this Photoshop 7 hi res icon issue causing Windows Explorer windows to crash if they open directories with alot of image icons in them.
Thanks in advance.

Think the problem might be the size of BMP files, I use jpg and have directories with 3,000 files but no problems. You could change the default view of these files to a standard icon, rhight click on the directory >prperties >customise >photo Album (best for fewer files)

As for image viewer/management you’ll be hard pressed to beat ADCsee and its blistering fast compared to the PS File browser in big directories, I drag from ADCsee to PS rather than wait for the slow PS file browser loading images
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Warren Sarle
Feb 28, 2004
"Alberich" wrote in message
Is there a FAQ on this problem? I’ve upgraded recently to Photoshop
7.01…(I WILL NOT get Photoshop CS upgrade and probably won’t be
getting any more Photoshop upgrades because of the activation technology) but I’ve been noticing a problem with images using the Photoshop icons. For example, I’ve noticed that when I try opening a Windows Explorer instance which has all my jpegs, bmp, that the directory opens very slowly and they’re using the Photoshop 7 hi res icons. If I keep that window open too long…I get a Windows error message which forces that directory window to close. It seems the only way I can see the directory is through Photoshop 7’s file browser or a third party file browser which can handle such large quantities of bmp, stc. But I’ve been wondering if there is a workaround that can fix this Photoshop 7 hi res icon issue causing Windows Explorer windows to crash if they open directories with alot of image icons in them.

It has nothing to do with the number of anything or the size of anything. It’s a bug in psicon.dll, Adobe’s icon and thumbnail generator. There are several possible workarounds:

1) Delete or rename psicon.dll.

2) In Windows Explorer, click Tools>Folder Options>File Types and disassociate Photoshop from jpg and bmp files.

3) Right-click on a jpg, choose Properties, click Photoshop Image, and remove the checkmark for Generate Thumbnails. Repeat for a bmp image.

This is why Adobe does not distribute psicon.dll with CS.

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