Disapearing Menu Items Etc…

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durrenm
Jan 13, 2007
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Hi,
I’m running PS 8.0 on a Windows XP Media Edition PC.

When I launch PS by double clicking on an image, PS opens, the image is displayed, the whole PS Winow flashes white, the window repaints and my menu items disappear (left with a gray strip across the top).

As I slide my mouse over the menu items, the screen repaints the menu (file, edit, image, layer etc)

I have not added any plugins – (just the factory defaults and many of those I’ve disabled)

I’ve also noticed a strange then when using the Marquee tool.

I select an area and before I released the mouse, the dotted lines are drawn but I can keep expanding the marquee. When I finally release the mouse, the marquee is the size I want, the screen repaints and deletes the earlier drawn dotted lines.

At one point I had installed a utility to fix the PS thumbnail icons and thought that that tool might be causing problems so I removed all traces. However, the issue still seems to exist…

Thanks in Advance,
Mark

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Mike Hyndman
Jan 13, 2007
wrote in message
Hi,
I’m running PS 8.0 on a Windows XP Media Edition PC.

When I launch PS by double clicking on an image, PS opens, the image is displayed, the whole PS Winow flashes white, the window repaints and my menu items disappear (left with a gray strip across the top).
As I slide my mouse over the menu items, the screen repaints the menu (file, edit, image, layer etc)

I have not added any plugins – (just the factory defaults and many of those I’ve disabled)

I’ve also noticed a strange then when using the Marquee tool.
I select an area and before I released the mouse, the dotted lines are drawn but I can keep expanding the marquee. When I finally release the mouse, the marquee is the size I want, the screen repaints and deletes the earlier drawn dotted lines.

At one point I had installed a utility to fix the PS thumbnail icons and thought that that tool might be causing problems so I removed all traces. However, the issue still seems to exist…

Thanks in Advance,
Mark,

Try deleting your prefs file. Hold down the control, alt and shift keys and start PS. If you get it right you will get a dialogue box asking if you want to delete this file. You do. A new one is created in its place.

HTH
MH
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durrenm
Jan 14, 2007
Mike – thanks. That seems to have solved the white flash and disappearing menu. The marquee tool is still doing the same strange thing however.

Thanks for your assistance.
Mark

Mike Hyndman wrote:
wrote in message
Hi,
I’m running PS 8.0 on a Windows XP Media Edition PC.

When I launch PS by double clicking on an image, PS opens, the image is displayed, the whole PS Winow flashes white, the window repaints and my menu items disappear (left with a gray strip across the top).
As I slide my mouse over the menu items, the screen repaints the menu (file, edit, image, layer etc)

I have not added any plugins – (just the factory defaults and many of those I’ve disabled)

I’ve also noticed a strange then when using the Marquee tool.
I select an area and before I released the mouse, the dotted lines are drawn but I can keep expanding the marquee. When I finally release the mouse, the marquee is the size I want, the screen repaints and deletes the earlier drawn dotted lines.

At one point I had installed a utility to fix the PS thumbnail icons and thought that that tool might be causing problems so I removed all traces. However, the issue still seems to exist…

Thanks in Advance,
Mark,

Try deleting your prefs file. Hold down the control, alt and shift keys and start PS. If you get it right you will get a dialogue box asking if you want to delete this file. You do. A new one is created in its place.
HTH
MH
MH
Mike Hyndman
Jan 14, 2007
"Mark" wrote in message
Mike – thanks. That seems to have solved the white flash and disappearing menu. The marquee tool is still doing the same strange thing however.

Thanks for your assistance.

Mark,

You’re welcome, you say you used a utility to restore the ps icon thumnails, did this allow you to view psds in windows explorer? The facility that allowed this to happen on earlier versions of PS was psicon.dll. This icon was removed from CS and above because it could cause numerous problems not unlike what you describe. You could also have a video driver issue regarding screen refresh times, try disabling hardware acceleration by right clicking on the desktop, then Properties>settings>advanced>trouble shoot> and wind the the accereation down to zero and see if anything changes.

Regards

Mike H
Mike Hyndman wrote:
wrote in message
Hi,
I’m running PS 8.0 on a Windows XP Media Edition PC.

When I launch PS by double clicking on an image, PS opens, the image is displayed, the whole PS Winow flashes white, the window repaints and my menu items disappear (left with a gray strip across the top).
As I slide my mouse over the menu items, the screen repaints the menu (file, edit, image, layer etc)

I have not added any plugins – (just the factory defaults and many of those I’ve disabled)

I’ve also noticed a strange then when using the Marquee tool.
I select an area and before I released the mouse, the dotted lines are drawn but I can keep expanding the marquee. When I finally release the mouse, the marquee is the size I want, the screen repaints and deletes the earlier drawn dotted lines.

At one point I had installed a utility to fix the PS thumbnail icons and thought that that tool might be causing problems so I removed all traces. However, the issue still seems to exist…

Thanks in Advance,
Mark,

Try deleting your prefs file. Hold down the control, alt and shift keys and
start PS. If you get it right you will get a dialogue box asking if you want
to delete this file. You do. A new one is created in its place.
HTH
MH
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durrenm
Jan 14, 2007
Mike, yes it was psicon.dll and I *think* I got it all but who knows…Testing the accelleration thing now…

M.

On Jan 14, 6:17 am, "Mike Hyndman" <tell me yours and I’ll send
wrote:
"Mark" wrote in message
Mike – thanks. That seems to have solved the white flash and disappearing menu. The marquee tool is still doing the same strange thing however.

Thanks for your assistance. Mark,

You’re welcome, you say you used a utility to restore the ps icon thumnails, did this allow you to view psds in windows explorer? The facility that allowed this to happen on earlier versions of PS was psicon.dll. This icon was removed from CS and above because it could cause numerous problems not unlike what you describe. You could also have a video driver issue regarding screen refresh times, try disabling hardware acceleration by right clicking on the desktop, then Properties>settings>advanced>trouble shoot> and wind the the accereation down to zero and see if anything changes.
Regards

Mike H

Mike Hyndman wrote:
wrote in message
Hi,
I’m running PS 8.0 on a Windows XP Media Edition PC.

When I launch PS by double clicking on an image, PS opens, the image is displayed, the whole PS Winow flashes white, the window repaints and my menu items disappear (left with a gray strip across the top).

As I slide my mouse over the menu items, the screen repaints the menu (file, edit, image, layer etc)

I have not added any plugins – (just the factory defaults and many of those I’ve disabled)

I’ve also noticed a strange then when using the Marquee tool.

I select an area and before I released the mouse, the dotted lines are drawn but I can keep expanding the marquee. When I finally release the mouse, the marquee is the size I want, the screen repaints and deletes the earlier drawn dotted lines.

At one point I had installed a utility to fix the PS thumbnail icons and thought that that tool might be causing problems so I removed all traces. However, the issue still seems to exist…

Thanks in Advance,
Mark,

Try deleting your prefs file. Hold down the control, alt and shift keys and
start PS. If you get it right you will get a dialogue box asking if you want
to delete this file. You do. A new one is created in its place.

HTH
MH

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