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Cannot open Photoshop CS5.1

Nov 27, 2012 5:08 PM

Hi.  I have a Mac running OS X version10.7.5.  I have Photoshop Elements 8 and 9 installed. They work fine.  I also have Photoshop CS5.1 installed.  It worked fine for a number of months until yesterday.  Now, it will not open.  I re-installed from the disk, and went throught the whole process, and it said "Done".  However when I double-click the icon I get the spinning color wheel for a second or two, and the icon blinks, but nothing opens.  I restarted my machine, but that didn't solve anything - I got the same result.  I sure would appreciate any help you can provide.  Thanks.

250 Views   1 Reply   Latest reply: c.pfaffenbichler, Nov 27, 2012 11:23 PM
 
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    Nov 27, 2012 11:23 PM   in reply to dgilpin92466
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    Are Photoshop and OS fully updated?

    As with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems you might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences you’ve changed) by keeping command-alt-shift pressed on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.

    System Maintenance (repairing permissions, purging PRAM, running cron-scripts, cleaning caches, etc.) might also be beneficial, Onyx has been recommended for such tasks.

    Weeding out bad fonts never seems to be a bad idea, either. (Validate your fonts in Font Book and remove the bad ones.)

    http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-fonts-photoshop-cs5.h tml

    If 3rd party plug-ins are installed try disabling them to verify if one of those may be responsible for the problem.

     
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