Photoshop Elements 3 problem

Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when you try
to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short while, now as soon
as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified, the window freezes.

Greg Hazen wrote:
Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.

Not I.

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Joseph Meehan

Dia's Muire duit

Nope, but it's a power hog and I would recommend that before you use it
you reboot. Almost make sure you disc and registry are not fragmented.
Also, you are not using it with Win98????? It is designed for XP and up.

Joseph Meehan wrote:
Greg Hazen wrote:

Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.


Not I.

Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't help),
and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, again worked
correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have 512K RAM, is this
enough?
"Ron" wrote in message
...
Nope, but it's a power hog and I would recommend that before you use it
you reboot. Almost make sure you disc and registry are not fragmented.
Also, you are not using it with Win98????? It is designed for XP and up.

Joseph Meehan wrote:
Greg Hazen wrote:

Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.


Not I.

Greg:

Doesn't feel to me like it is the amount of ram you have, but maybe
memory management or some kind of conflict. Have you had other versions
of Elements on your computer? Adobe software you are no longer using? I
had some loading problems and cured them by going into the registry and
killing all references to Elements. I then reinstalled and all was cool.
Incidentally, my loading problem was very similar. Would work and then
die after awhile.

I would not recommend changing your registry without fully backing it up
first. What I noticed was that even though I thought I had uninstalled
Elements it remained in my registry and so I had to kill it by hand.
Also check to see what other processes are running when you run into
your problem. You just might have too much going on at the same time.

What happens if you reset your system to an earlier time when Elements
was working? Have you tried that? Looked at what processes are or are
not running.

Just thinking....hope something helps. You might also do a Google search
for 3.0 freezing.

Greg Hazen wrote:
Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't help),
and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, again worked
correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have 512K RAM, is this
enough?
"Ron" wrote in message
...

Nope, but it's a power hog and I would recommend that before you use it
you reboot. Almost make sure you disc and registry are not fragmented.
Also, you are not using it with Win98????? It is designed for XP and up.

Joseph Meehan wrote:

Greg Hazen wrote:


Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.


Not I.

Ron,
All you wrote makes sense. I will try another reinstall as you suggest and
delve into the registry issue when I have a lot of time on my hands! Not
very excited about changing the registry. Thanks for your great
suggestions.
Greg
"Ron" wrote in message
...
Greg:

Doesn't feel to me like it is the amount of ram you have, but maybe memory
management or some kind of conflict. Have you had other versions of
Elements on your computer? Adobe software you are no longer using? I had
some loading problems and cured them by going into the registry and
killing all references to Elements. I then reinstalled and all was cool.
Incidentally, my loading problem was very similar. Would work and then die
after awhile.

I would not recommend changing your registry without fully backing it up
first. What I noticed was that even though I thought I had uninstalled
Elements it remained in my registry and so I had to kill it by hand. Also
check to see what other processes are running when you run into your
problem. You just might have too much going on at the same time.

What happens if you reset your system to an earlier time when Elements was
working? Have you tried that? Looked at what processes are or are not
running.

Just thinking....hope something helps. You might also do a Google search
for 3.0 freezing.

Greg Hazen wrote:
Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't
help), and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, again
worked correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have 512K RAM,
is this enough?
"Ron" wrote in message
...

Nope, but it's a power hog and I would recommend that before you use it
you reboot. Almost make sure you disc and registry are not fragmented.
Also, you are not using it with Win98????? It is designed for XP and up.

Joseph Meehan wrote:

Greg Hazen wrote:


Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.


Not I.

Ron,
All you wrote makes sense. I will try another reinstall as you suggest and
delve into the registry issue when I have a lot of time on my hands! Not
very excited about changing the registry. Thanks for your great
suggestions.
Greg
"Ron" wrote in message
...
Greg:

Doesn't feel to me like it is the amount of ram you have, but maybe memory
management or some kind of conflict. Have you had other versions of
Elements on your computer? Adobe software you are no longer using? I had
some loading problems and cured them by going into the registry and
killing all references to Elements. I then reinstalled and all was cool.
Incidentally, my loading problem was very similar. Would work and then die
after awhile.

I would not recommend changing your registry without fully backing it up
first. What I noticed was that even though I thought I had uninstalled
Elements it remained in my registry and so I had to kill it by hand. Also
check to see what other processes are running when you run into your
problem. You just might have too much going on at the same time.

What happens if you reset your system to an earlier time when Elements was
working? Have you tried that? Looked at what processes are or are not
running.

Just thinking....hope something helps. You might also do a Google search
for 3.0 freezing.

Greg Hazen wrote:
Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't
help), and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, again
worked correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have 512K RAM,
is this enough?
"Ron" wrote in message
...

Nope, but it's a power hog and I would recommend that before you use it
you reboot. Almost make sure you disc and registry are not fragmented.
Also, you are not using it with Win98????? It is designed for XP and up.

Joseph Meehan wrote:

Greg Hazen wrote:


Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.


Not I.

Greg Hazen wrote:
Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't
help), and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled,
again worked correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have
512K RAM, is this enough?

I am running a Gig so I don't know.


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia's Muire duit

Greg Hazen wrote:
Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't help),
and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, again worked
correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have 512K RAM, is this
enough?
"Ron" wrote in message
...

Nope, but it's a power hog and I would recommend that before you use it
you reboot. Almost make sure you disc and registry are not fragmented.
Also, you are not using it with Win98????? It is designed for XP and up.

Joseph Meehan wrote:

Greg Hazen wrote:


Has anyone experienced computer freeze (Elements window only) when
you try to save or save as. The program worked fine for a short
while, now as soon as I try to save a file, modified or unmodified,
the window freezes.


Not I.




Yes. I run PSE3 comfortably with 512 meg, on two machines. Note that
if you use layers, you may want more RAM.


--
Ron Hunter

Greg Hazen wrote:
Thanks for your help. I am using XP, have tried rebooting (doesn't
help), and have defragged disk. I have uninstalled, reinstalled,
again worked correctly for a while, then problem resurfaces. I have
512K RAM, is this enough?

I am running a Gig so I don't know.


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia's Muire duit