Hi Chris and Noel...thanks for your input but I actually figured it out about 3 am this morning...LOL. However, I do NOT agree with your assumption that I "copied" plug-ins from an older version of Photoshop. I have used many plug-ins in every version starting with CS3 through CS5 and when each new "version" of Photoshop was installed, it automatically pulled the plug-ins from the last version and installed them. No questions were asked and no perissions were given....Photoshop has always copied (CS3-5 that is) older plug-ins from the last version of Photoshop when upgraded. (I have never checked the box in the perferences tab which asked Photoshop to look in other folders on the computer, nor would I). The assumption and third person ..."when he moved"  and "I don't know why THEY make these mistakes" statements are totally incorrect and neither asked for or necessary. A simple answer to my question would have been sufficient and I thank you for that part of the diatribe.

For you edification, I have NEVER had a problem with plug-ins when upgrading from an earlier version of Photoshop except in a very few cases (I always have the most updated plug-ins in my plug-in folder) when the suspect plug-in itself simply wouldn't work. I have NEVER had a problem with Photoshop itself giving me error messages and consequently not working at all. Since I have not had this problem before I did not immediately suspect the plug-in folder and since I did not understand the error messages, had to go through trial and error to find the culprit. One of the nice things about going from the latest version of Photoshop to a newer "update/upgrade" has been the abiltiy to carry over many of the plug-ins, actions, set-ups etc. so we did not have to start from "ground zero" and slowly bring the new version up to speed to return to the workflow we had with the earlier version. The idea that we should start from the beginning each time to bring the latest version of Photoshop up to our own personal workflow status is ridiculous and thankfully, most reputable third party plug-in software makers such as Nik and OnOne and Topaz make updates that are backward compatible before the new Photoshop version is realeased.

Once again, thanks Chris and Noel for your help. Perhaps if Photoshop did not automatically import plug-ins from earlier versions or at least created a pop-up window so we could say yea or nay, this problem would not occur at all. Just in case you are wondering, I never delete the previous version of Photoshop until I am sure the new version is up to speed because I need an alternative in case the new version has some problem(s) as occurred in this case. I am up and running again with the newest and Greatest CS6!!! Thanks!!!

Thanks Curt and I personally thanked Chris and Noel three times in my note. I don't need you to defend Chris and Noel because I genuninely respect their expertise (I did not however appreciate how they talked about "he/him" and "them" as if we are somehow out of the loop and so obviously not up to speed or just stupid which I can assure you is not the case) but you are incorrect with regard to your statement. To prove my point though, you can leave CS5 on your computer with its plug-ins and uninstall CS6. When you do a reinstall of CS6 you will see that the Plug-ins folder has been populated with the plug-ins from CS5. (I am talking about 3rd party plug-ins such as the ones I described in my note) As a matter of fact, when you use the uninstall program which can be found in the CS5 or CS6 folder it will uninstall the program but if you look inside the CS5 or CS6 folder after the uninstall (I am talking Mac only) you will see that the "plug-ins" folder is still there...the only remnant of the program left....and I will let you guess why. :-)) Thanks for your input though because I assume it came from a good place.

Thanks Chris.....this helps me a lot but I am wondering.....I had the CS6 beta version or trial (can't remember which) and since I installed a new version of CS6 from the cloud, would it install in the same folder as the old CS6 and then use the plugins that were already in the folder? I am only asking because you have me genuinely intrigued.....I installed CS6 last night after doing an uninstall of the old CS6 (before I posted my query) and launched it...and as I watched, along with the error messages, l saw it say "installing plug-ins" or something to that effect and even saw a couple of the names as the type flew by. I did not manually install any plug-ins but  I know I installed into the beta/trial version because I purchased some during that time. If the new version of CS6 uses the same folder as the old version (since it does not uninstall with the uninstall program but indeed, as you pointed out, leaves the plug-ins and presets folders behind) then we have found the culprit and I stand corrected. I was really confused because there seemed to be the insinuation that I manually copied old plug-ins into the newly installed CS6 and that simply isn't true because I got the error messages as soon as I downloaded from the cloud and launched. It is probably my fault because I did not manually uninstall all remnants of the other version.....is this a possibility? I ask because it will help me when installing future upgrades. Thanks again for your help...much appreciated.

Thanks Chris....You obviously know what you are talking about and I appreciate you taking the time to be succinct. Unfortunately I am left with a mystery because, as I said, I simply installed CS6 from the Cloud last night, launched (the installer gives this option after installing) and then my problems began. I never manually copied anything into any plug-in folder nor have I ever had this kind of problem before aside from a plugin simply not working. I did learn something though and that is that the plug-in folder and preset folder are left behind in the original folder. It would make sense to me if the new CS6 installed into the same folder as the CS6 version I had just uninstalled from the Cloud and used those plug-ins but you say that would never happen. I am just happy CS6 is up and running and am busy installing the plug-ins as we speak so I can be up to speed tomorrow. Have a great rest of the week.

Kind Regards,

Kenyon