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Elements 9 can't save edited image

Jul 27, 2012 12:24 PM

When I try to do a save of an edited image on Vista in Photoshop Elements 9 I get the following popup: Could not complete your request because of a program error.  I have also noticed it will not create a panoramic composite image.  It only generates a single layer empty transparent page

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  • photodrawken
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    1. photodrawken,
    Jul 27, 2012 2:51 PM   in reply to gsvan
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    Have you installed the latest update available for PSE9?  It's version 9.0.3.

     

    Ken

     
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    2. gsvan,
    Jul 27, 2012 11:05 PM   in reply to photodrawken
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    That is what I purchased.

     
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    3. gsvan,
    Jul 28, 2012 2:04 AM   in reply to gsvan
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    It occurred to me to uninstall and reinstall the software.  It didn't help, I bet it would on a Unix/Linus system.

     
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    4. photodrawken,
    Jul 28, 2012 10:14 AM   in reply to gsvan
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    How much RAM is installed?

     

    How much free space is on your system (C:)drive?

     

    Where is the edited photo stored -- internal drive, external drive, network drive?

     

    Ken

     
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    5. gsvan,
    Jul 28, 2012 10:30 AM   in reply to gsvan
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    I found that if I login as a diffrerent user I can save edits.  So, I assume it is some Program Data saved under my user name somewhere that is corrupted.

     
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    6. gsvan,
    Jul 28, 2012 11:13 AM   in reply to photodrawken
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    Storing JPEGs on External drive:

    Filesystem  1K-blocks         Used      Available    Use% 
    F:                156288320     134745608      21542712   87%

     

    Filesystem       1K-blocks  Used           Available   Use%
    C:                71208076  61933524   9274552    87%

     

    2GB RAM

     

    I have found that if I open an image from the C drive I can edit it and save it on both drives.

    If I open an image from the F drive I can't save it on either drives.

    If I copy that same image to the C drive I can edit it and save it to the F drive.

     
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  • gsvan
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    7. gsvan,
    Jul 28, 2012 11:37 AM   in reply to gsvan
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    I have no idea what the problem is but I have copied the files to a new directory, in the F drive, and I have just edited and saved one of the files.

     

    So it would seem that I have found a work around.

     
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    8. photodrawken,
    Jul 28, 2012 2:38 PM   in reply to gsvan
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    Yes, it might be a good idea to run chkdsk against that F: drive....  There are probably some bad sectors or blocks on it.

     

    Ken

     
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    9. gsvan,
    Jul 29, 2012 1:42 PM   in reply to photodrawken
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    I ran chkdsk and found no problems.  I still can't save changes in that directory using Elements but I can using Gimp.

     

     

     
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