Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Photoshop CS file access idiocy

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Photoshop CS file access idiocy

James McNangle

2006-05-20, 6:17 pm

When I went to use Photoshop yesterday, it hung just before loading completed.
I tried several times, rebooted, tried several more times but to no avail. I
thought I would have to reload it, but that would have meant finding the disk,
andI didn't desperately need it, so I abandoned it. During the night I
remembered that a day or two earlier my wife had asked me to print a photo for
her. The photo was on her computer, which is linked to mine by a local area
network. She was at golf yesterday, so her computer wasn't on. Today it was
on, and Photoshop started first-time. I checked the "recent files" and, sure
enough, her file was second on the least. I loaded a large number of files, so
that it disappeared off the list, turned her computer off, closed Photoshop and
tried to reopen it. It hung again. I turned her computer on, and again it
started immediately.

After some more experimenting I discovered that the maximum length of the
"recent files" display was 30 files. So I went on opening files until the
offending file disappeared. Then I closed Photoshop, shut down my wife's PC,
and restarted Photoshop. This time it started okay!

So can anybody tell me why in Hells name Photoshop thinks it should access a
file on some other computer just because I opened it a day or two before, and
why this should cause the program to hang if that computer isn't switched on?

James McNangle

Mike Russell

2006-05-20, 6:17 pm

"James McNangle" <mcnangle@westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:orst629lllh6q1upegib60gavqo6n764tu@4ax.com...
> When I went to use Photoshop yesterday, it hung just before loading
> completed.
> I tried several times, rebooted, tried several more times but to no avail.
> I
> thought I would have to reload it, but that would have meant finding the
> disk,
> andI didn't desperately need it, so I abandoned it. During the night I
> remembered that a day or two earlier my wife had asked me to print a photo
> for
> her. The photo was on her computer, which is linked to mine by a local
> area
> network. She was at golf yesterday, so her computer wasn't on. Today it
> was
> on, and Photoshop started first-time. I checked the "recent files" and,
> sure
> enough, her file was second on the least. I loaded a large number of
> files, so
> that it disappeared off the list, turned her computer off, closed
> Photoshop and
> tried to reopen it. It hung again. I turned her computer on, and again
> it
> started immediately.
>
> After some more experimenting I discovered that the maximum length of the
> "recent files" display was 30 files. So I went on opening files until the
> offending file disappeared. Then I closed Photoshop, shut down my wife's
> PC,
> and restarted Photoshop. This time it started okay!
>
> So can anybody tell me why in Hells name Photoshop thinks it should access
> a
> file on some other computer just because I opened it a day or two before,
> and
> why this should cause the program to hang if that computer isn't switched
> on?

What version or Photoshop are you using? As I recall this was a problem
with v6, that was fixed with the 6.0.1 patch.
--

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

Hunt

2006-05-20, 6:17 pm

In article <MFCbg.19137$Lm5.7244@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, RE-
MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE says...
>
>"James McNangle" <mcnangle@westnet.com.au> wrote in message
>news:orst629lllh6q1upegib60gavqo6n764tu@4ax.com...
[SNIP]
>
>What version or Photoshop are you using? As I recall this was a problem
>with v6, that was fixed with the 6.0.1 patch.
>--
>
>Mike Russell
>www.curvemeister.com/forum/

I have three (soon to be four) computers on a P2P network and, at any given
moment, others might not be on. Now, I usually Copy any file, that I'm working
on to whichever machine I have up and running, but do Open (from another
machine) on occasion. I've had P2P networks since about v4, and have never had
this problem. It seems, however, that when I installed v6, I immediately
patched to 6.0.1, as it was out already, so if it WAS a version issue, I may
well have missed it.

It'll be interesting to see what ver James has. Then there will be the problem
of finding the 6.0.1 patch, or upgrading. Guess I'd better resurrect some of
my older boxes, or BU tapes, and see if the patch is still around.

Hunt

Harry Limey

2006-05-20, 6:17 pm

"Hunt" <noone@hunt.com> wrote in message

> It'll be interesting to see what ver James has. Then there will be the
> problem
> of finding the 6.0.1 patch, or upgrading. Guess I'd better resurrect some
> of
> my older boxes, or BU tapes, and see if the patch is still around.
>
> Hunt

No problem for Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/support/downlo...latform=Windows

Hunt

2006-05-21, 6:17 pm

In article <446f6666$0$10753$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>,
harry@hackedoff.co.uk says...
>
>
>"Hunt" <noone@hunt.com> wrote in message
>
>
>
>No problem for Adobe
>http://www.adobe.com/support/downlo...ct=39&platform=
Windows

It's still around? Great. That saved me looking in a cabinet of 24GB tapes.
Thanks. Hope the OP sees your follow-up and that the patch is what they need.

Good work,
Hunt

James McNangle

2006-05-21, 10:20 pm

"Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> wrote:

>What version or Photoshop are you using? As I recall this was a problem
>with v6, that was fixed with the 6.0.1 patch.

Sorry not to have got back earlier. I'm using CS 8.0

James McNangle