When I switch to an IE tab parts of photoshop screen still show

[mikeemjay]

When I have photoshop running and switch to an IE tab parts of the photoshop screen still show. Can provide screenshot if this helps.

[JJMack]

What version of Windows, What version of IE, What version of Photoshop???

[mikeemjay]

I am on Win7 professional running CS2 and yes, I know it's ancient but it does what I need it to do. My machine is Pentium Dual Core 2.6GHz 1.80GHz and 3Gb RAM. Since posting I realise this problem does not just happen to IE tabs. The screen shot shows the problem twice, first when I took the screen shot and is repeated when I opened Paint to past it. It also appeared when I opened explorer to look for files. I appreciate your interest people.

[Mediamorphosis]

Check out this thread: CS2 problem: windows disappear or are always on top / overlap other programs

[Trevor.Dennis]

Are you using a Mac?  If yes do you have Application Frame turned on under the Window menu?  I use Windows an don't know which way will hide the background, so try both.

[JJMack]

That could be it. Windows users do not have an optopn not to show an application window frame other than full screen mode. If an application get focus its application will show on top of other running application wibdows.  On a mac it may be posible for an application that has mutiple windows  for one of its window to get focus while leaving other application windows hidden under other running applications windows like Photshop.  I just did not expect a Mac user to be running IE...

[Trevor.Dennis]

JJMack wrote:

I just did not expect a Mac user to be running IE...

Ahhh...  Elementary JJ.  I missed that reference completely.

[JJMack]

You say my head is swollen needs large size Herringbone Hat I see?  Too bad it contains a pea brain.

[mikeemjay]

Don't know where the screen shot went. I copied and pasted the link they tell you to use for sending pics but for the life of

me I cannot see the camera icon they mention.

[John Waller]

Have you followed these instructions? The icon is 7th from the left in the current web forum toolbar.

FAQ: How do I capture and post a screen shot or video?

[JJMack · Accepted solution]

I have CS2 installed. However I no longer have Windows 7 pro install. I have Window 10.  There has been one or more  threads on CS2 and some Windows 7 hotfix causing Problems with what is displayed.  Some CS2 stuff seems to be always on top.

here is one CS2 problem: windows disappear or are always on top / overlap other programs

Windows 10 seems OK to me.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Mike, it is actually super easy to paste an image to this forum, and you don't need to use the forum widgets.  Copy the image to the clipboard — that might be as easy as tapping the Print Scrn key on the top right of your keyboard if you have a full size keyboard.   I can't remember if Windows 7 had the Snipping Tool, but I rather think it does.

Then come to the forum and paste to this thread with Ctrl v

Don't downsize it.

[JJMack]

CS2 problem: windows disappear or are always on top / overlap other programs

[mikeemjay]

Thanks ... I had read that thread and had tried everything I could think of.

In the end I edited CS2 preferences and increased the amount of memory available to Photoshop and have been

testing it to destruction for the past 2 hours. So far, no recurrence of the problem. Could it really be as simple as that?

[mikeemjay]

Oh No!!!! Having just posted the message it happened again!!! Why, after testing it so hard and everything seeming fine does it suddenly revert to being a pain. I give up. Think I'll download Gimp.

[JJMack]

I believe other have reported the same and if you remove the hotfix windows update will just want to install it again.

Problematic update seems to be KB3185330