Is it Photoshop 5? Or is it Photoshop Elements 5?
The latter is 15 years old, or so.
It is Photoshop 5.0 – purchased in 1998.
Mmh, sounds like it is not initializing a system DLL and thus never finishes launching. Did you change any of the settings for the app itself? I would, as a minor, right-click the Photoshop.exe and see if it has DEP enabled and whether using one of the compatibility settings (Windows95, Windows98) has any influence on the matter. It’s also possible that SP3 or some other mini-update changed some settings somewhere, but since PS5 is really old, I have no recollection of what it actually required to run. It also may have used a custom installer, so it’s not listed in the normal panel. But again, I barely can rember those days… 😉 Sorry for not being more helpful.
Mylenium
Thank you Mylenium. I am only moderately competent in handling computer problems (and usually timid) so I did the right click on the exe file and went to Properties. I cannot see any "DEP" and I looked under a few "advanced" clicks on two tabs – am I missing this somewhere? But I looked at Compatibility Mode which was grayed and selected Windows 2000 (as being the newest) and tried launching which was again unsuccessful. I do not understand what SP3 is or how I could deal with that.
I looked at Compatibility Mode which was grayed and selected Windows 2000 (as being the newest)
Try Windows 95
SP3 –> Service Pack 3, gets installed automatically via Windows Update DEP –> Data Execution Prevention, a mechanism to not run suspicious programs if Windows does not recognize their signature
My suspicion was that you encountered a combination of the above two – for some reason, SP3 will enable DEP for all unknown programs on some systems, if it encounters an unsigned/ uncertified driver during the update process. This would in turn result in most "legacy" apps not launching…
Mylenium
Mylenium – thanks for the explanation – any solution to this dilemma?
John Joslin – I tried Windows 95 and it did not launch but surprisingly it is the first time that I did a Ctrl, Alt, Delete and saw only ONE Photoshop listed as not responding (see my original note).
Thanks John. I actually think I found some key information at the end of Mylenium’s last note when he used the word "legacy". I did a search and went right to the Microsoft TechNet page on How to Run Legacy Applications Using Windows XP.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456991.aspx> I think this explains that my problems did begin with the upgrade to Service Pack 3. I have done the most simple steps already and apparently I now need to download a tool. As I read the instructions I think this is beyond my technical expertise. So I am considering whether to get some technical assistance here to wade through this solution or to get a newer version of Photoshop. I have to say that it upsets me that this all has to happen. I know that 10 years is a "lifetime" in computer years but as a retired graphic designer I was quite happy with Photoshop 5 and am not ready for a major expense.
Unfortunately I’m in Germany, so phone calls are not going to be easy to coordinate nor particularly practical due to the timezone shift and cost involved, but perhaps some of the American colleagues here on the forum would be willing to lend a hand…
Mylenium
as a retired graphic designer I was quite happy with Photoshop 5
Yeah, but you are going to be amazed if you go all the way to CS4.
I think that 5.5 was the first version of PS that had decent text editing, for instance, instead of that silly text window thing.
I will have to ask her if she has opened a photo from her camera lately, but my wife has XP and is still using Photoshop 5.5 and has Windoze auto-updates set to ON, so should be at SP3
Oh… you said version 5.0
The install CD I used for her computer is already 5.5 so I don’t know if there is a download update… but have you looked to see if there is a download to update your 5.0 to something later?
I think 5.5 was a new version, not a free update. Similar to CS3.3. You had to pay to get it.
yes. 5.5. was a new version. and 5.02 should be applied to 5.0, once you get it installed.
I went back to the beginning "Photoshop is not even listed on my currently installed products" which means to me that you have a corrupted Registry
The only time I’ve ever had a corrupted Registry (due to [can’t remember the name] "bad" software that did not install properly) I had to reformat and install fresh
Thank you all. I am most gratified with all the responses trying to help. I did download and try the 5.0.2 upgrade and like everything else (the Photoshop program and the original CD installer) it would not launch.
At this stage I have decided that my computer and I will be happier with a newer version of Photoshop.
Well, I checked my wifes computer, and it has XP Home SP3 – but she’s had it for doing on 2 years, so I **think** it started with SP1, but could have been SP2 that was preinstalled by HP
She is running Photoshop 5.5 and has no problems
Depending on what you do, and how much $$ you want to spend, you might take a look at the latest version 7 of Photoshop Elements to see if it will do what you need
I have the same problem with Photoshop 5.0LE which started after XP SP3. I suspect the problem is linked to the file security settings. The message I get is ‘Could not initialize because the file is locked.’
My work around is to right click on the short cut and chose Run As and then click the radio button for Administrator, giving the password. Photoshop the runs ok.
Photoshop 5.0LE wont start XPpro ordinary user but does satr if logged in as Administrator Found an answer
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http://www.gthelp.com/archive/index.php/t-121543.html> I ran the program as Administrator and looked at
File, Preferences, Plugins & Scratch Disks.
Change the scratch disk to one where your user has access permissions. now works.
