open file and save as error

In article <FBsjj.17816$>,
Chris wrote:

All of a sudden when I try to open a file in photoshop,the open dialogue flashes for a second then disapperas,and PS is locked up.It is as if it is there waiting for me to select a file,but I cannot see it to do. I have tried deleting prefs and still the same.I have tried uninstallinf and reinstalling.I even tried winCS3 clean to nuke all install,but it still does same thing.

Please describe exactly how you deleted preferences.

Your suspicion is correct. The Open and Save dialogs are there, but they are drawing off your screen. One cause of this happening is if you change your screen resolution.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop will not help, because when you uninstall Photoshop, your old preferences file stays behind. Running disk cleaner programs usually won’t help because they do not know where Photoshop puts its preferences files.

Resetting all preferences should do the trick. It sounds like you tried this, but you might not have done it correctly or completely. So how did you do it?

—
Photography, kink, polyamory, shareware, and more: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

tacit wrote:

In article <FBsjj.17816$>,
Chris wrote:

All of a sudden when I try to open a file in photoshop,the open dialogue flashes for a second then disapperas,and PS is locked up.It is as if it is there waiting for me to select a file,but I cannot see it to do. I have tried deleting prefs and still the same.I have tried uninstallinf and reinstalling.I even tried winCS3 clean to nuke all install,but it still does same thing.

Please describe exactly how you deleted preferences.

Your suspicion is correct. The Open and Save dialogs are there, but they are drawing off your screen. One cause of this happening is if you change your screen resolution.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop will not help, because when you uninstall Photoshop, your old preferences file stays behind. Running disk cleaner programs usually won’t help because they do not know where Photoshop puts its preferences files.

Resetting all preferences should do the trick. It sounds like you tried this, but you might not have done it correctly or completely. So how did you do it?

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

—
Photography, kink, polyamory, shareware, and more: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

tacit wrote:

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

Tried that and still wont work,am running out of options here.

Chris wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

Tried that and still wont work,am running out of options here.

Did you actually change your monitor resolution or switch from two monitors to one before this happened? If so, change the rez again or hook up a second monitor and drag the dialogs back.

But resetting the prefs should have worked…

Ed Hannigan wrote:

Chris wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

Tried that and still wont work,am running out of options here.

Did you actually change your monitor resolution or switch from two monitors to one before this happened? If so, change the rez again or hook up a second monitor and drag the dialogs back.

But resetting the prefs should have worked…

no,i was not using two monitors and had not changed res.I have tried changing resolution to try to find the window,but no use. I have not tried a second monitor,but will.
However i do not think will work,as the "missing" window does appear in correct place but instantly goes,would have thought if it was coming up "off screen" would not appear at all.

I have tried many things ,deleting prefs in various ways,different resolutions,system restore(which only managed to screw up 2 other programs,so had to reverse),I tried running in safe mode ,but PS won’t run in it i found.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times ,once even using "nuking" removal tool from adobe site.
I have had no helpful reply from adobe about this yet,I did get suggestion from another newsgroup to try running PS with the "regmon" utility running,however i have no idea what I’m looking at when viewing results.I posted results back to that newsgroup but have no reply.

Chris wrote:

Ed Hannigan wrote:

Chris wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,.
I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

Tried that and still wont work,am running out of options here.

Did you actually change your monitor resolution or switch from two monitors to one before this happened? If so, change the rez again or hook up a second monitor and drag the dialogs back.

But resetting the prefs should have worked…

no,i was not using two monitors and had not changed res.I have tried changing resolution to try to find the window,but no use. I have not tried a second monitor,but will.
However i do not think will work,as the "missing" window does appear in correct place but instantly goes,would have thought if it was coming up "off screen" would not appear at all.

I have tried many things ,deleting prefs in various ways,different resolutions,system restore(which only managed to screw up 2 other programs,so had to reverse),I tried running in safe mode ,but PS won’t run in it i found.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times ,once even using "nuking" removal tool from adobe site.
I have had no helpful reply from adobe about this yet,I did get suggestion from another newsgroup to try running PS with the "regmon" utility running,however i have no idea what I’m looking at when viewing results.I posted results back to that newsgroup but have no repl

i got so fed up i did a windows repair and still did not work ,plus screwed a bunch of programs
So ended up doing clean insatall of windows,was about due anyway. been working fine for over a week.NOW IT IS BACK,same issue. working fine,editing some pics and suddenly wont open files. This time at least I can save files,well so far anyway.

"Chris" wrote in message

Chris wrote:

Ed Hannigan wrote:

Chris wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

Tried that and still wont work,am running out of options here.

Did you actually change your monitor resolution or switch from two monitors to one before this happened? If so, change the rez again or hook up a second monitor and drag the dialogs back.

But resetting the prefs should have worked…

no,i was not using two monitors and had not changed res.I have tried changing resolution to try to find the window,but no use. I have not tried a second monitor,but will.
However i do not think will work,as the "missing" window does appear in correct place but instantly goes,would have thought if it was coming up "off screen" would not appear at all.

I have tried many things ,deleting prefs in various ways,different resolutions,system restore(which only managed to screw up 2 other programs,so had to reverse),I tried running in safe mode ,but PS won’t run in it i found.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times ,once even using "nuking" removal tool from adobe site.
I have had no helpful reply from adobe about this yet,I did get suggestion from another newsgroup to try running PS with the "regmon" utility running,however i have no idea what I’m looking at when viewing results.I posted results back to that newsgroup but have no repl

i got so fed up i did a windows repair and still did not work ,plus screwed a bunch of programs
So ended up doing clean insatall of windows,was about due anyway. been working fine for over a week.NOW IT IS BACK,same issue. working fine,editing some pics and suddenly wont open files. This time at least I can save files,well so far anyway.

WHAT VERSION OF PS???

if it is 7.0 >>>>the 7.01 patch fixes it

KatWoman wrote:

"Chris" wrote in message

Chris wrote:

Ed Hannigan wrote:

Chris wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <yczjj.6541$>,
Chris wrote:

several times and ways,i deleted just the prefs file,then tried.Also tried deleting all the files in folder,but still does not work,. I also emptied recycle bin each time.
Tried remaming too

Photoshop has many preferences files. Some of them do not have the word "photoshop" in the name.

To reset all preferences, hold down the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys on your keyboard while you start Photoshop. You’ll see a dialog window asking if you’re sure you want to reset Photoshop. Say yes.

Tried that and still wont work,am running out of options here.

Did you actually change your monitor resolution or switch from two monitors to one before this happened? If so, change the rez again or hook up a second monitor and drag the dialogs back.

But resetting the prefs should have worked…

no,i was not using two monitors and had not changed res.I have tried changing resolution to try to find the window,but no use. I have not tried a second monitor,but will.
However i do not think will work,as the "missing" window does appear in correct place but instantly goes,would have thought if it was coming up "off screen" would not appear at all.

I have tried many things ,deleting prefs in various ways,different resolutions,system restore(which only managed to screw up 2 other programs,so had to reverse),I tried running in safe mode ,but PS won’t run in it i found.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times ,once even using "nuking" removal tool from adobe site.
I have had no helpful reply from adobe about this yet,I did get suggestion from another newsgroup to try running PS with the "regmon" utility running,however i have no idea what I’m looking at when viewing results.I posted results back to that newsgroup but have no repl

i got so fed up i did a windows repair and still did not work ,plus screwed a bunch of programs
So ended up doing clean insatall of windows,was about due anyway. been working fine for over a week.NOW IT IS BACK,same issue. working fine,editing some pics and suddenly wont open files. This time at least I can save files,well so far anyway.

WHAT VERSION OF PS???

if it is 7.0 >>>>the 7.01 patch fixes it

no it is CS3 extended