Double clicking on a file in explorer relies on file associations in the reigstry. While my delay is not 70 seconds, it is always noticably slower than drag-n-drop or file|open. I suspect it has to do with the size of the registry – which is why I don’t use double click on files destined for PS.
Okay, this has resolved into a more interesting issue: PhotoShop is very slow to open even a 1Mb jpg image (from outside it, e.g. double-clicking in Explorer), unless the XP pc it’s on is disconnected from the network – then all images load almost instantly. The Adobe helpdesk chap was very helpful (he helped me to find that this was the issue), but didn’t know why it was doing that. It’s not clear at the moment if it’s PhotoShop accessing something over the network, or if it’s an XP issue.
If I find out more, I’ll post it here – meanwhile, we’re going to look for some way to firewall PhotoShop into staying local only.
I have jpg’s that have photoshop 7.0 as the associated software to open the file, but when I double click the jpg file, photoshop opens but the image does not. Any ideas? Photoshop is key served and the jpgs’ are local, not networked.
Thanks,
Emmil
Emmil, in Windows Explorer, check the file associations under Tools > Folder Options > File Types. Go to JPG in the listing, and click on "Advanced", then highlight Open, and click Edit. Under "Application used to perform action" you will see the Photoshop program’s full pathname, inside double quotes. After that you should also see a space and then "%1" — including the double quotes. If the last part is missing, that would explain why double clicking isn’t opening the file but just opening Photoshop. Add the space and "%1" and the file name will be passed to Photoshop when you double click.
Your default printer isn’t available.
When Photoshop opens the file, it asks the OS for the default printer info, and the @%$@#$ drivers go out on the net looking for it and take their sweet time timing out and returning to Photoshop.
Chris, thanks – that’s exactly it. I’ve installed a non-existent local inkjet as default printer, and now CS2 loads files instantly.
