Has the drive that you have set as the scratch disk got plenty of space on it? Are you logged in as the Administrator on that PC?
Thank you for responding to my question about the liquify command. When the tool was working I believe that I was logged on as administrator. I am not logged in any more as administrator. I really do not like to touch the scratch disk allocation, I use what ever Photoshop defaults at when it is installed. I recently re installed the xp operating system because I kept getting messages when running Photoshop CS2 saying that I was running out of disc space. I allocated 20 gigs to the c drive so I doubt that I would have a scratch disc problem. I Have at least 7 gigs left at this point.
I just tried logging off as guest and logging on as administrator and the tool works in administrator, Does this mean that I can only use the tool that way or is there another way to get around that issue
CB,
Photoshop requires running with a minimum or Power User group permissions, but you don’t need Admin permissions.
I don’t understand what you are saying, what can I do about using liquify without being in administrator?
I think he’s saying that if you are running as a person logged on who has Power Group permissions, you should be able to run the liquify command. But if you don’t have at least that level of permission – i.e., you aren’t logged on as a user with that level of permission, then it won’t work.
CB,
Login as Administrator. Then Open Administrator tools>Computer Management>Local Users and Groups>Users.
Select your other account and double click on it.
In the pop-up select the Member Of tab. Ensure that Power Users is displayed. If not, use the Add button to add Power User.
The other thing to do, is when logged on using the non-administrator account is to delete your Photoshop Preferences as per the Forum FAQs.
Each accpuont has its own Photoshop preferences and it could be that yours are corrupted for that account.
I am sorry I cannot follow your instructions, I logged in as administrator>administrator tools>computer management>but at that point it does not show local users and groups etc, I am using xp home edition.
When I try to delete the preferences I can only do that in administrator as well. I have never had this problem before and I am using the same operating system.
I appreciate any assistance given.
In the Control Panel – Folder Options – View (tab)
uncheck Use simple file sharing, then try again (a reboot may be required).
CB,
In XP Home you would need to go to Control Panel >User Accounts. Click on your non-admin username and select ‘Change the Account Type’.
However, Under XP Home you have only two choices, Administrator or Limited and you will need Administrator.
Dear Stevent:
I did as you suggested but in Control Panel> Foder Options>there is no option for Use simple file sharing. What now!!!
Stevent:
I just checked in Microsoft data base which says that you cannot turn off file sharing in XP. It does not seem possible that you have to be in administrator in order to use the liquify command. I was using it before I re installed my operating system in limited and I did not have a problem. Why now? Also I noticed that you cannot delete the preferences unless you are in administrator.
The option to turn off ‘simple file sharing’ (which doesn’t actually turn off File sharing) must not be available in Home.
As Len said, it seems you will need to change your account to one with Admin rights in order to use Photoshop fully.