Preferences "Trashing" themselves

JJ
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John Joslin
Feb 24, 2004
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This may be of interest to the Adobe people among us.

I alluded in a previous posting to Photoshop’s preferences being corrupted or deleted in a random way when under Windows XP Pro. It is a tedious phenomenon, involving copying a backed up copy of "C:\Documents and Settings\John Joslin\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop\8.0\Adobe Photoshop CS Settings" over the re-created version.

I have now found out that it only seems to occur when I shut Windows down with Photoshop still running. I hasten to add that this is not normal practice for me but occasionally, exhausted after a long night’s work, I might just do it.

On the news I am just listening to a reported case of pig rustling here in Norfolk!

Cheers – John

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Robert_Levine
Feb 24, 2004
That is something that has been discussed before. You should never shut the computer down with PS running. The computer will usually shut down before PS can complete re-write its preference file and you wind up with corruption or no prefs file at all which resets PS to factory defaults.

Bob
JJ
John Joslin
Feb 24, 2004
You should never shut the computer down with PS running<<

As I implied, this is something I don’t normally do. However, since this is not a critical issue with most other programs (including earlier versions of Photoshop), maybe there should be a warning somewhere. I know, it’s probably in the Read Me file, but if it is I didn’t see it.

I still love CS!

(But can’t wait for 8.01)

Cheers – John
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dave_milbut
Feb 24, 2004
maybe there should be a warning somewhere.

consider yourself warned! 🙂
JJ
John Joslin
Feb 24, 2004
OK, I’m warned. What about the others?

Don’t say they don’t need it. Just look at that new thread about brushes!
DM
dave_milbut
Feb 25, 2004
Well I warned you, maybe you can warn them!
DM
dave_milbut
Feb 25, 2004
for the record, turning off your system rather than shutting down "because you’re tired" is like getting out of your manual transmission car while it’s still in neutral and letting it coast into the garage cus you’re too tired to hit the emergency break. might stop before it hits the wall, but usually not.

too vague? try this:

Patient: Doc, my ear hurts when I stick my elbow in it.
Doctor: Don’t do that.
JJ
John Joslin
Feb 25, 2004
Dave

Your advice is well meant but your analogies leave something to be desired.

Cheers – John
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dave_milbut
Feb 25, 2004
Your advice is well meant but your analogies leave something to be desired.

I’ve been told that. 🙂
JJ
John Joslin
Feb 25, 2004
Over 15 years I have used, on a conservative estimate, 100 plus applications, big and small (excluding shareware and freeware), and PS 8.0 is the first one that does not let Windows close it down in a graceful manner if the OS is closed with the program still running. Other versions did not exhibit this instability and, while I have had my knuckles rapped for committing this sin, I do think that the the program could be persuaded to save its settings before departing.

I would call it professionalism.

John
DM
dave_milbut
Feb 26, 2004
PS 8.0 is the first one that does not let Windows close it down in a graceful manner if the OS is closed with the program still running

even many newer 3d games will reset to "safe" configurations if the system gets turned off or the app crashes while playing (the equivilent of resetting the prefs). and i’ll wager none of the other programs you’ve run tax the full range of your system more than photoshop.

I would call it professionalism.

I would call it wishful thinking. Any application can TRY to do whatever you’d like it to do, but if you pull the plug while it’s doing it, there’s gonna be problems – just like with any windows app. and more often than not taking other things with it. (picture the drive heads bouncing merrily and randomly about your disk as the power that was driving them a micro-second ago disapears.).

I thought you said you understood my analogies? Do not force me to supply/taunt you with another! 🙂
DM
dave_milbut
Feb 26, 2004
now, now… begone, knave!
JJ
John Joslin
Feb 26, 2004
OK, I feel suitably chastened. But I’m glad I got it off my chest.

Cheers – John

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