Not enough memory error upon opening. HELP

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JustinBlain
Apr 26, 2004
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I am reciving an error every time i load photoshop 7 of
"Could not initalize photoshop because there is not enough memory(RAM)"

But there is enough memory. i have reinstalled photoshop, windows xp pro twice there are no other mem intencive programs running on my system and i have 450 out of 512 megs of ram free. What is the problem?!

was checking online and many people have had this problem but there were no posted soloutions. i need a simple streight answer for what to do. One post mentioned removeing certin dll’s that may have been corrupted but did not name them. If anyone can answer this question please i need help.

-Justin
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JustinBlain
Apr 26, 2004
I am reciving an error every time i load photoshop 7 of
"Could not initalize photoshop because there is not enough memory(RAM)"

But there is enough memory. i have reinstalled photoshop, windows xp pro twice there are no other mem intencive programs running on my system and i have 450 out of 512 megs of ram free. What is the problem?!

was checking online and many people have had this problem but there were no posted soloutions. i need a simple streight answer for what to do. One post mentioned removeing certin dll’s that may have been corrupted but did not name them. If anyone can answer this question please i need help.

-Justin
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LenHewitt
Apr 26, 2004
Justin,

First try deleting your preference file – Details in the FAQ at the top of this forum’s Topic List.

Secondly, "Not enough RAM" can also apply to free disk space, either on your nominated primary scratch drive, or your C:\ drive if you have not nominated a different Photoshop Primary Scratch partition.

PS I have moved your duplicate post to join this more appropriate topic
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Mick_Murphy
Apr 26, 2004
Also make sure your Windows scratch file is at least 1.5 times your RAM. I’ve had this error because of this.
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JustinBlain
Apr 26, 2004
How do i edit the scratch file?
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JustinBlain
Apr 26, 2004
Ok the plain and simple answer to this is hold down ctrl alt shift when starting photoshop to reset prefrences. so if anyone else searches for this error agian they can find out how I fixed the problem. thanks everyone.

-Justin
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Mick_Murphy
Apr 26, 2004
Justin
It’s good that resetting prefs worked and that you posted back on it. Resetting prefs is the first thing that most seasoned Photoshop users try if there is any problem.

However, there can be other causes and fixes for this error. If you’re interested, search under Virtual Memory in XP help to see how to modify the Windows Paging File.

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