PHOTOSHOP 7 suddenly failing to launch

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michaelrgrimm
Aug 24, 2006
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starting today, photoshop 7 will not launch. I have done nothing different. It dosent matter whether I click the .exe, or open a .psd image. In both instances, it will start up normally, allowing me to see the splash- it will laod plugins, initalize, read fonts, load brushes- then it quits when it is initalizing color profile! Also, if I jump from image ready it will not launch either. Please help!
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Ed_Hannigan
Aug 24, 2006
Something in the list of items starting up is probably corrupted. Usually this happends with fonts but it could be anything. If it’s a color profile try removing all color profiles from the folder they are in (Program Files/Common Files, etc…) and starting again. If it starts normally you can add them back one at a time until you determine which is the corrupt one.

Hope this helpd.
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Gener
Aug 24, 2006
I’ve had that problem before. It is indeed a corrupted color profile. That will stop PS from loading. You could run Adobe Gamma, select some other profile than the current profile.
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LenHewitt
Aug 24, 2006
Before removing colour profiles, try deleting your preference file as per the forum FAQs – that might fix it.
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Gener
Aug 24, 2006
Yes, indeed. Delete prefs first 8)

I’m using an old fix before I got into user forums.

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