PS7 will not open any pictures

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SEAN J VREELAND
Jul 23, 2003
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I have windows XP set up so that all my pictures file associations are set up to open with PS7. Ever since I installed PS7 and did this, when I double click on a pic in a Windows file browser, PS7 will launch and then not open the picture. PS7 is not locked up, it just doesn’t open the pic. I can open PS7 first and then choose, file, open and then it will open a pic that way, but it won’t open a pic if I click on it to open.

Any help would be appriciated.

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YrbkMgr
Jul 23, 2003
This topic has been discussed in the forum in the past. If I recall correctly, one proposed solution (and I cannot verify that it did or did not work) was in the Registry. Specifically under the File|Open keys for the PSD, it says something like "filename" when it’s supposed to say "filename%1".

Hopefully someone else can verify it but if it’s what I’m thinking, the key should read:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Photoshop.Image.7\shell\ open\command

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\PHOTOSHOP 7.0\PHOTOSHOP.EXE" "%1"

Maybe that’ll help.

Peace,
Tony
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Don Pullem
Aug 9, 2003
I am having the identical problem as described above. I checked the registry key and it reads exactly as written by Tony.

"C:\PROGRAM FILES\ADOBE\PHOTOSHOP 7.0\PHOTOSHOP.EXE" "%1"

Don
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YrbkMgr
Aug 11, 2003
Have you tried a reinstall of PS? Reinstallation doesn’t replace your preferences, so it’s not like a drastic process, and it might straighten things out.

Peace,
Tony
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dave milbut
Aug 11, 2003
have you tried going through explorer and set the "Open with" for jpgs?
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Phosphor
Aug 11, 2003
Are you just struggling to open jpegs? Go into the image properties for one of the jpegs, and uncheck the "generate thumbnails" option. I seem to remember that being a fix for something… I’ll go and have a look, see if I can find the thread I’m thinking of!
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DOMTEK
Aug 12, 2003
I wonder if you change the icon to a different photoshop icon, would that help? Just a thought.
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
it’s a bad registry setting somewhere. don, find something that does open (psd’s?) then check that setting… then look at jpgimage and tifimage settings under hklm
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
First look in:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Photoshop.Image.7\shell\open\command\(Defa ult)

it should read something like:

"D:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe" "%1"

note that those double quotes are all part of the string.

then check:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\open\command\(Defa ult)

and:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell\Open\command\(Default)

and copy the string that’s in the Photoshop.Image.7 key to these 2. SAVE THE ORIGINAL VALUES FIRST IN CASE YOU HAVE PROBLEMS!!! I’d make a text file, copy the full key names and the full text of the strings already in those keys. Save that so you can revert back if you have to.
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Don Pullem
Aug 12, 2003
Dave,

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Photoshop.Image.7\shell\open\command\(Defa ult (is as you described)
"E:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe" "%1" I copied and pasted it in:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TIFImage.Document\shell\open\command\(Defa ult)

Prior to the change the value was:
rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen %1

I tried opening a .tif and no change, PS7 launches but, image doesn’t open.

Since the .tif didn’t open after the change I left .jpg alone.

As info, the .jpg’s value was the same as .tif’s.

Don
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
ok. put the first value back. i’ll look at my xp system when I get home. it’s gotta be tied into the openwith key… i didn’t see that in nt (here) but did see it in xp at home. i’ll get back to you in a couple of hours.
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dave milbut
Aug 13, 2003
ok. i’m home. and i realized i have (had) the same problem! even after assigning tif to ps, it wouldn’t open. ps starts, but no image… but here’s what happened. i have 6 on my machine as well as 7. the default seems to be 6, if you hit restore from explorer> tools> filetypes.

I double checked the entry for applications\photoshop.exe and found that there are actually 2 entries (if you have an older version). photoshp.exe and photoshop.exe. the executable was renamed w/version 7. v6’s entry was correct, but when i checked the v7 entry I realized I was missing the quotes and the %1. I went and readded it and it works fine.

ps opening and not opening the file is indicative of you missing the "%1" somewhere. I suggest you start at the top of the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT struct in the registry and search keys, values and data for "photoshop.exe" (no quotes). the first that comes up should be

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe

go down a couple more entries to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\open\comm and

look at the default entry. in my case all it said was:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe

I changed it to:

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe" "%1"

and retested, assigning, deassigning and reassigning both tif and jpg (which I was also having a problem with) between photoshop and their default viewer (shimgvw.dll). works like a charm now.
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dave milbut
Aug 13, 2003
one more place to check:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\Photoshop.e xe\shell\open\command

again make sure you have the full string:

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7.0\Photoshop.exe" "%1"

with the quotes.
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Don Pullem
Aug 13, 2003
" HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\open\comm and " value, was the culprit. It didn’t have the quotes or the %1. PS7 now opens .tif & .jpg extensions. 🙂

Dave, I really appreciate you sticking with me on this. I was at my wits end.

Thanks a million

Kind regards

Don
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LenHewitt
Aug 13, 2003
Don,

That was what the FAQ said to do in the first place…..
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dave milbut
Aug 13, 2003
That was what the FAQ said to do in the first place…..

yea, sneaky buggers! 🙂

don, no problem. i was suprised my setup was the same as I don’t use ps to open those filetypes by default. may be something with xp’s default install as i just reinstalled everything from scratch about a month ago w/ a new machine.

dave
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Don Pullem
Aug 13, 2003
Len,

You’re right.. Believe it or not I did check the FAQ’s. Obviously I missed it.

Don
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Klaas Visser
Aug 13, 2003
Dave,

i was suprised my setup was the same

I’ve just installed Mozilla (which I believe you’re using?) and worked my way through what seems to be a zillion preferences, and found under Advanced|System "Windows should use Mozilla to open these files types" and it had default selected JPEGs and GIFs.

Maybe that was the cause?

cheers
Klaas
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Klaas Visser
Aug 13, 2003
I hate when programs steal my associations!

Particularly when they don’t ask …
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dave milbut
Aug 13, 2003
Particularly when they don’t ask …

true, most (well, many – the better ones anyway) do, IF you use custom installation.

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