Photoshop CS3 stoped working and all other adobe programs as well

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jing32090
Apr 21, 2008
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Well i tried updating my photo shop and it than restarted and i became impatient and stopped it after it restarted. later i tried to use photoshop and it said "Adobe photoshop CS3 has stopped working" and than under "a problem caused the program to stop working correctly windows will close the ptogram and notify you if a solution is available" so i than tried to reinstall with out uninstalling first and it still didn’t work. does any one know how to fix this? your help would greatly be appreciated!
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dave_milbut
Apr 21, 2008
uninstall i guess, then reinstall. sounds like you hosed the installation but good.
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jing32090
Apr 21, 2008
ok so uninstall it all than re install
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John_T_Smith
Apr 21, 2008
You MAY also need to run this utility if you corrupted the Registry

Clean Script to Remove Adobe CS3
<http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs3clean.html>
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FREDMACDOWELL
Apr 22, 2008
Before you do anything (like an update) make a restore point in Windows
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jing32090
Apr 24, 2008
ok i was going to use the Cs3 cleaner but it said it could delete stuff off my hard drive so should i make a restore point before using it?
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dave_milbut
Apr 25, 2008
start> programs> accessories> system tools> system restore> create restore point.

takes about 1 minute.
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dave_milbut
Apr 25, 2008
and it’s doubtful that you’ll need it, but can’t hurt to make a restore point.
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jing32090
Apr 28, 2008
ok i did the the cs3 clean but it still didnt work. i left adobe reader 8 in there to should i uninstall that first before i do that?
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dave_milbut
Apr 28, 2008
again, couldn’t hurt.

slightly off topic but, i’ve had nothing but grief from reader 8. i can’t view pdfs in the browsers anymore, it just hangs and hangs. maybe it’ll come up eventually but after a minute, if i need to see it bad enough i’ll kill acro32 process and just download it and view it from the desktop.

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