PhotoShop CS2 9.0.2 won’t restore from minimized on WinXP SP2

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atw
Apr 4, 2007
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Hi,

I have got PhotoShop installed on 4 PCs in our studio (3 of which are running 9.0.2). On the 9.0.2 installs, if I minimize PS to the taskbar and leave it for a few minutes then when I return to it I cannot get it to restore (with the normal method of clicking the taskbar button). In order to get it back up, I have to right-click and choose restore. This does bring it back and PS works perfectly otherwise but it is a massive pain.

Any ideas? Is there a patch anywhere?

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere before, I have searched but photoshop, minimize & restore are very commonly put together (apparently) 🙂

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JJ
John Joslin
Apr 4, 2007
Happens to me randomly.

I live with it.
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atw
Apr 4, 2007
Happens to me EVERY TIME!

And I am going to smash my PC into tiny little pieces, then puree the remnants in a blender and feed that to whoever is near me the next time it happens.

I can’t bear it anymore 🙁

I tend to drag files from Windows Explorer onto the tashbar button, then into PS and that doesn’t work if PS locks down there 🙁 🙁 🙁
JJ
John Joslin
Apr 4, 2007
Just right click in Explorer and choose "Edit with Photoshop".
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Ho
Apr 5, 2007
You might try going through your running tasks in Task Mgr and ending them one by one until you see what’s keeping PS from maximizing. This technique may or may not work, but it’s worth a shot. Just don’t pull the plug on running Windows processes unless that’s all you have left.
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Rob_Keijzer
Apr 5, 2007
smash my PC into tiny little pieces, then puree the remnants

<Sybil Fawlty>I’m sure you can cope.</SB>
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atw
Apr 5, 2007
@John Joslin: Yeah, I know I can do this but I want to fix it if I can. It’s so irritating!

@Ho: Yes, I’ll have a go at that!

@Rob Keijzer: Lol. Tell that to the guy the ambulance just took away, he’s going to be off for the next month (now I’ve got to do his job as well!) 🙂

<Basil Fawlty>"Don’t mention the war! I did, but I think I got away with it"</Basil Fawlty> 🙂
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Don_McCahill
Apr 5, 2007
Happened to me for the first time yesterday. I was able to maximize by right clicking on it in the task bar at the bottom, and then choosing restore.
JJ
John Joslin
Apr 5, 2007
That’s what the OP and I do Don!
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atw
Apr 5, 2007
This is a quick test:

(I am thinking that if we all see what is running we might find a common problem). I generated this list by opening a cmd (Start > Run > cmd) and typing tasklist, then copy & paste into forum…

Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K System 4 Console 0 256 K smss.exe 628 Console 0 384 K csrss.exe 684 Console 0 5,000 K winlogon.exe 712 Console 0 12,156 K services.exe 756 Console 0 10,556 K lsass.exe 768 Console 0 1,528 K ati2evxx.exe 940 Console 0 3,072 K svchost.exe 960 Console 0 5,608 K svchost.exe 1032 Console 0 5,064 K svchost.exe 1144 Console 0 31,748 K svchost.exe 1256 Console 0 3,688 K svchost.exe 1336 Console 0 5,144 K spoolsv.exe 1472 Console 0 6,740 K MagicTuneEngine.exe 1696 Console 0 3,248 K FrameworkService.exe 1716 Console 0 18,692 K Mcshield.exe 1820 Console 0 43,060 K VsTskMgr.exe 1844 Console 0 508 K naPrdMgr.exe 500 Console 0 2,124 K ati2evxx.exe 1416 Console 0 3,368 K explorer.exe 1264 Console 0 57,432 K UpdaterUI.exe 1800 Console 0 2,284 K shstat.exe 2004 Console 0 456 K acrotray.exe 2088 Console 0 2,560 K MagicPvt.exe 2136 Console 0 5,288 K OUTLOOK.EXE 1948 Console 0 65,580 K WINWORD.EXE 2540 Console 0 72,148 K svchost.exe 3544 Console 0 5,964 K firefox.exe 3380 Console 0 190,496 K taskmgr.exe 3648 Console 0 4,800 K wmiprvse.exe 2972 Console 0 6,112 K cmd.exe 2076 Console 0 2,604 K tasklist.exe 376 Console 0 4,356 K
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atw
Apr 5, 2007
PS. I surrounded the output (for readability) with <PRE> & </PRE>
JJ
John Joslin
Apr 5, 2007
I’ll do it next time it happens.
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marionbabich
Apr 5, 2007
Happens to me when I have a few programs open. I just right click and maximize and it opens fine. I will print the report next time this happens.

Marion
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atw
Apr 5, 2007
This is beginning to look like a common problem that nobody has ever complained about, as a result it has never been repaired.

I suspect with CS3 on the way it will never be fixed 🙁

Can everyone post their PhotoShop version please (i.e. 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2)–just to make sure 🙂
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marionbabich
Apr 5, 2007
Had to laugh, when I went to PS to see the version it wouldn’t open so I had to right click and maximize. Anyway, 9.0 here but I couldn’t get the tasklist to open in cmd. Say’s tasklist is not recognized.
Marion
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atw
Apr 6, 2007
@marionbabich: lol, the irony 🙂

RE tasklist: which version of Windows are you running.
FYI: I would have thought anything from Windows 2000 upto WinXP Pro SP2 should support tasklist. I’m not sure about WinXP Home and I strongly suspect that Win9x – WinME won’t support it.

HTH

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