In photoshop – "343" files

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David_Freed
Sep 19, 2006
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I did a search of my computer for a logo I did for a friend a while ago. I didn’t find the file, but under her name I found the following three files:

etta’s card343
etta’s card343M
etta’s card343T

I assume these are related to my friend Etta’s logo, but can someone explain what they are, and do I need to keep them – even though the PDD file is not there?

Best, David

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Don_McCahill
Sep 19, 2006
Can you turn on extensions in windows, to get the full file name. That might help us. (or right click on the file, go to properties, and tell us what the File Type is.)
DF
David_Freed
Sep 19, 2006
Don, as far as I can tell, the file extension view is on, its just not showing any extensions for most of the files in this folder???

David.
BL
Bob Levine
Sep 19, 2006
I wonder if they came from a Mac user.

Bob
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Don_McCahill
Sep 19, 2006
Does it tell you a file type with the right-click>properties method?
BL
Bob Levine
Sep 19, 2006
Not without a file extension, but you could try opening it with a text editor. The first few lines of code might have the creator of the file.

Bob
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David_Freed
Sep 19, 2006
In response to the above posts and questions: there is no file extension. When I look in properties, its says its a "file." This is on PC, using Windows XP, not Mac.

When one of these files is converted to .txt file, the first line of code is:

lnbt thmb W K € I € m€ / ÿØÿà JFIF H H ÿí Adobe_CM ÿî Adobe d€ ÿÛ „

The rest of the "text" is more code-gibberish.

Since many of the file names are the same as or similar to the folders I keep my images in, I am wondering: are these files associated with the File Browser in Photoshop (NOT CS2)? Perhaps tracking the thumbnail images? Or???

Best, David.
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Phosphor
Sep 19, 2006
Rename the file to something like "ettacard343", add ".jpg" to the file name, then try to open them.
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David_Freed
Sep 19, 2006
Okay, short of really knowing what these files are . . . I converted

etta’s card343T to JPG, and it opened as thumbnail of image.

Tried to convert these two to JPGs but couldn’t open.
etta’s card343
etta’s card343M

Then converted these two to .txt files. In addition to usual code-gibberish:

etta’s card343 had some text referring to .pspimage file, which is file type associated with Paint Shop Pro, which I also use.

etta’s card343M had some text referring to .jpg version of file and some text about grayscale, so not sure what this is.

I think that these might be some type of tracking files or file browswer files. Not exactly sure, but since the files or folders they are associated with are no longer on my computer, I assume I can delete them or leave as is since they’re not taking up that much space.

Best, David.
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Phosphor
Sep 19, 2006
Put them in a folder with a descriptive name and tuck them into a "Pending" or "Archive" folder.

That way, you’ll have them, and will be able to find them should the need arise.

That’s what I’d do.
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Bob Levine
Sep 19, 2006
If you’d like to email me one of the files, I’ll be happy to take a look here.

Click my name, go to my website and find my contact info there.

Bob
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David_Freed
Sep 19, 2006
Okay, so here’s the deal — according to NAPP help desk,

These are "cache" files associated with the file browser in CS, which store information about images in a specific folder. If I want, they can be deleted.

Thanks all.

David.
JJ
John Joslin
Sep 20, 2006
I thought their location made that obvious but wasn’t certain enough since I don’t have CS any more.
RK
Ronald Keller
Sep 20, 2006
They probably are Bridge’s or Filebrowser’s cache file from the folder Etta’s card

Ronald
JJ
John Joslin
Sep 20, 2006
Erm, CS no have Bridge — OP have CS!

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