When I try to open photoshop I get the following message "Could not open a scratch file because you do not have the necessary access privileges". I click OK and get "Could not open Photoshop because you do not have the necessary access privileges". It then closes.
My CS4 Illustrator opens fine. Photoshop opened just fine 2 days ago.
I tried to open Indesign and that just crashes immediately (but I have never opened Indesign before...).
The only thing I can think of that might be relevant is that my computer was stolen about 6 months ago - when I got a replacement computer I simply reinstalled the same CS4.
Can anyone help me resolve this issue?
You have to reclaim ownership of the drive. Files made on one computer's hard drive and then accessed by another computer will have different ownerships.
Below is the guts of the issue for a Win7 machine for permission problems with Bridge. Concept should be same for you. Hope it helps.
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