Resetting the Preferences File

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Bobby77501
Dec 5, 2003
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When I hold down Ctl>Alt>Shift while starting PS CS, I’m supposed to be asked if I want to delete the Preferences file. But I’m not asked the question.

1. Where can I find the preferences file so I can delete it manually?
2. The reason I want to do this is because the percentage in the lower left
corner of the PS window doesn’t work. I key in a percentage different from what is showing and that percentage shows – but hitting Enter does not implement that new percenatge, Instead, it freezes the file I’m working on.
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John Houghton
Dec 5, 2003
On WinXP – do a search for "prefs" in c:\Documents and Settings

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"Bobby77501" wrote in message
When I hold down Ctl>Alt>Shift while starting PS CS, I’m supposed to be asked if I want to delete the Preferences file. But I’m not asked the question.

1. Where can I find the preferences file so I can delete it manually?
2. The reason I want to do this is because the percentage in the lower
left
corner of the PS window doesn’t work. I key in a percentage different
from
what is showing and that percentage shows – but hitting Enter does not implement that new percenatge, Instead, it freezes the file I’m working
on.
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Gene
Dec 5, 2003
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:16:19 -0500, "Bobby77501" wrote:

1. Where can I find the preferences file so I can delete it manually?

C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\Application
Data\Adobe\Photoshop\8.0\Adobe Photoshop CS Settings\Adobe Photoshop CS prefs.psp

Now wasn’t that easy? :^)

Gene
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Jay Jhabrix
Dec 5, 2003
"Bobby77501" wrote in message
When I hold down Ctl>Alt>Shift while starting PS CS, I’m supposed to be asked if I want to delete the Preferences file. But I’m not asked the question.

1. Where can I find the preferences file so I can delete it manually?
2. The reason I want to do this is because the percentage in the lower
left
corner of the PS window doesn’t work. I key in a percentage different
from
what is showing and that percentage shows – but hitting Enter does not implement that new percenatge, Instead, it freezes the file I’m working
on.

The exact location may differ from user to user so it’s best to just do a search for this file:

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Prefs.psp

Cheers…

JJ
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bhilton665
Dec 5, 2003
From: "Jay Jhabrix"

The exact location may differ from user to user so it’s best to just do a search for this file:

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Prefs.psp

Good advice, but note that it may be a ‘hidden’ file on some OS’s (like XP), so you may have to use the ‘advanced search options’ to turn on ‘search hidden files and folders’ on XP, for example.
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Bobby77501
Dec 5, 2003
I found the file manually and deleted it. However, after pressing Ctl>ASlt>Space, I am still not asked if I want to replace the preferences. However, I AM given the opportunity to change my scratch file location. The reason I want to reset the preferences is that the Percent in the lower left corner doesn’t work. I can type in a different percent than what is there – but nothing happens when I press Enter – it just freezes my open file so I can’t do anything with it.

"Bill Hilton" wrote in message
From: "Jay Jhabrix"

The exact location may differ from user to user so it’s best to just do a search for this file:

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Prefs.psp

Good advice, but note that it may be a ‘hidden’ file on some OS’s (like
XP), so
you may have to use the ‘advanced search options’ to turn on ‘search
hidden
files and folders’ on XP, for example.

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