Photoshop CS2 / XP Pro – Very Slow – Why?

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Jul 24, 2006
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Pentium 4, 3ghz, 504mb ram. XP-Pro.

I just installed Photoshop CS2. Now every time I open any folder containing image files, I have to wait FOREVER while the list of files within the folder is being built. And the larger the files within the folder, the longer it takes.

Keep in mind that I’m not actually trying to open the image files yet, I am just opening the folder that contains the images. But it seems to take about as much time to open the folder as it would to open all the image files within that folder at once.

With Photoshop 6, I never had this problem. I could open a folder with hundreds of hi-res image files instantly. This happens when I am opening folders with image files from any location on the computer, not just within photoshop.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
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Mike Russell
Jul 26, 2006
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Pentium 4, 3ghz, 504mb ram. XP-Pro.

I just installed Photoshop CS2. Now every time I open any folder containing image files, I have to wait FOREVER while the list of files within the folder is being built. And the larger the files within the folder, the longer it takes.

Keep in mind that I’m not actually trying to open the image files yet, I am just opening the folder that contains the images. But it seems to take about as much time to open the folder as it would to open all the image files within that folder at once.

With Photoshop 6, I never had this problem. I could open a folder with hundreds of hi-res image files instantly. This happens when I am opening folders with image files from any location on the computer, not just within photoshop.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Sounds like you may be using Bridge. Use Explorer instead. —

Mike Russell
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mic.jor
Jul 28, 2006
512 is not enough memory IMO. I have AMD 64 and 1 GB and XP pro and the entire CS2 suite and it is extremely memory hungry. Even adaware or mcafee in the background and things nearly stop. Adobe is aware of this problem and promises improvements. It might also have to do with the number of plugins and other extensions you have loaded within the default setup of Photoshop which you may not need for every session. With the increased interaction with Illustrator functions many more things are being loaded especially if you have the entire suite installed.
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Pentium 4, 3ghz, 504mb ram. XP-Pro.

I just installed Photoshop CS2. Now every time I open any folder containing image files, I have to wait FOREVER while the list of files within the folder is being built. And the larger the files within the folder, the longer it takes.

Keep in mind that I’m not actually trying to open the image files yet, I am just opening the folder that contains the images. But it seems to take about as much time to open the folder as it would to open all the image files within that folder at once.

With Photoshop 6, I never had this problem. I could open a folder with hundreds of hi-res image files instantly. This happens when I am opening folders with image files from any location on the computer, not just within photoshop.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

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