BleepingComputer.com: Photoshop Cs3 - Can't Open Files - Help!

Well, there's an excellent possibility that I could be wrong!

In any event, I still don't question the legitimacy of the original license. However, if it's expired, perhaps CS3 has somehow turned into something that acts more like a trial or demo version. But, come to think of it, that doesn't make much sense either, because the thing that's usually disabled is the ability to save, not to open.

So, I guess you're right and there's some kind of file corruption involved.

This post has been edited by Dialer: 15 January 2008 - 04:13 PM

I feel you and that makes sense to me too...because while this is annoying and frustrating, especially when I go through the rote routine of clicking FILE>OPEN and have it freeze on me, forgetting that I now have to do it through explorer...I can still work

not to not be able to SAVE!! perish the thought and that would seem like an outstanding GOTCHA style deterrent.

Just so you know, the friend I keep referring to was once a wonderful gent (he and his wife maaaaaad cool) who just started helping me with my computer issues, fixed my son's for free, made it like new, I bought a computer from him for $500 and told him I need enough memory to store human beings...so far so good...he set up my Vonage account, my High speed internet, my email account...sometimes coming over with his wife, working until the wee hours to make sure I was never "down"...of course, having full faith in not only his capabilities, but his spirit, I told my best friend to get a computer for him...my best friend let me newer IT friend know that he only had $500 to spend and needed a computer with triple the capacity of his last one (which was like 180 gigs whatever the heck that means ) anyhoo, by the time it was all said and done Best Friend shelled out $700 to newer IT friend, with some of the things he was to do having not been completed. Newer IT friend moves out of state...best friend is having difficulty catching up with newer IT friend while he's in transition...finally IT friend won't return any calls and best friend discovers that his NEW COMPUTER doesn't even have a third of the memory his old computer has...had to buy an external hard drive...I left message for Newer IT friend (voice mail) asking him to please return Best Friend's calls...then told newer IT Friend's wife the situation, hoping she could persuade him to do the right thing. Altho she tried to act as if she wasn't, she was on the defensive...now newer IT friend doesn't call anyone and that's how I got in this predicament and found y'all

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it lol

Alrighty, then.

<Dialer fumbles around, trying to figure out what part of her brain to store this info in.>

I know

I just wanted you to know how I got into this mess and why this friend i constantly refer to won't call me back so that this mess can be straightened out

you're too funny!

I was reading your issue about cs3 and noticed you had said you only have a single drive.Well before I got myself into this virus/trojan/worm thingamajiggy,I had photoshop installed on my computer,and have one one drive.I noticed when first installing it that it asked me if I wanted to add the "parsing file" to another drive,now I don't have a clue as to what the parsing file is,but I do know that I couldn't run alot of programs while running photoshop.It made my screen jittery it lagged terribly,like running 3d max at the same time.It seems that this parsing file must go into another drive because I believe photoshop pulls and stores quite a large sum of data to and from this file.Just a thought I had while browsing the forum,awaiting the results of mcafee's stinger(nail bitting) I hope you get your problem worked out,I miss my photoshop something awful,FrEaK.

Thanks for mentioning that about the parsing file, Leashed one. I don't know what it is, either, but I might look into this for some of my problems on Vista (a miserable OS in the first place) trying to run PSP, Bryce, and XenoDream at the same time. When I was on XP, with far less RAM, this was never a problem.

Ooops. Sorry for going OT, Terri. And just so you know, I did appreciate your explanation.

Ok...So, I spent the better part of today trying to fix the same problem with my CS3...
Right off base I am going to mention that it is the real deal CS3, purchased from Adobe as an upgrade from PSE3...
I was so glad to find out someone was having the EXACT same problem as me...
I was also having problems with my text tool, if I tried to type anything an error came up saying "could not complete your request because something prevented the text engine from initializing"... after a few hours of googling I found a fix for the text thing, but not for the Open file business....
As a last resort I asked DH for some help...(he's a computer geek...no offence anyone)... He fixed it for me ...this is how he did it

In CS3 go to Edit>Preferences>File Handling and unselect "Enable Version Cue". Then Exit CS3 and restart....
Anyway, I was at my wits end with this so hopefully it helps someone out there!!

to BC, Tobi!

What an obscure setting! Glad it worked for you, and I sure hope this is the thing that will do the trick for Terri.

Thanks Dialer...now I am back in CS3 Heaven!! ahhhh

Thansk a bunch guys!
I have exactly the same problem with photoshop CS3, (cant open files) and have spent like 2days try to get it work

And: In CS3 go to Edit>Preferences>File Handling and unselect "Enable Version Cue". Then Exit CS3 and restart....
Anyway, I was at my wits end with this so hopefully it helps someone out there!!

Fixed it, So thanks you so much for this Tobib

I bet a re-install would have worked? Dont know if it was tried, didnt read the whole thread

I tried to re install...twice, didn't work either...

DIALER! thank you soooo much for continuing to look out for me!

TOBIB: Thank you , I truly can't wait until I get home to try it...I will let you know

I really and truly have fallen in love with all of you!!

You're welcome, Terri. Sure hope it works for you; I'll be holding my breath! 1... 2... 3...

Opps...my mistake, I didn't re-install, I just tried to repair...twice... Reinstall probably would have worked, but I didn't want to lose all of my settings and preferences...although as a last resort...(if my husband hadn't come through for me) I probably would have un-installed, re-installed.

This post has been edited by Tobib: 17 January 2008 - 05:23 PM