Batch file to deactivate photoshop

Would there be poissible to have a batch file to deactivate (possibly activate) Photoshop on a machine?
Thank you!

You can start Photoshop.exe like any other application from a bat file. You may need to know the its not already started first. You should be able to pass Photoshop a file to open and have an open document event setup in the script event manager and do something like deactivate when a particular deactivate file is open. A script should be able to close down Photoshop but I know of no way to to tell Photoshop set a a return code that the starting bat file could test for. So the deactivating script would need to initiate the activation on the remote system perhaps through a socket connection to a waiting server on the remote machine. There are at least three machines involved. Your two Photoshop machine and an Adobe Activation server. Its a complex process to automate. How would you handle thing like Adobe servers not responding or communication between your machines.

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I assume you're asking about Elements. That forum is down the hall...two
doors on the left.
Bob

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I've got a game that has a folder with Saved Games (Okay, it's Minecraft). I don't always have my external drives because I take my Mac Mini from my house to my friend's house and of course back after we finish playing.
There are times where I want a back up so that if something happens we can restore it as easily as possible.
What I've been doing is copying the particular saved game and pasting it to my desktop, replacing the new backup over the old backup. I'd like to be able to create a "batch file" so that I can just double-click on it and it will copy and paste overwriting the old version.
Since this is being automated I've been thinking. It would be nice to have 10 backups which I would like to have numbered from 1 to 10 (and not 0 to 9).
I'd like the batch file to delete backup 10 then rename backup 9 to 10 and 8 to 9 and so forth until backup 1 becomes backup 2 and then my live copy then gets copied to my desktop. I guess that one really doesn't need a number after it. It can have the exact same name.
Don't worry about automating the restore. I just want the backup part of it automated. I'm not a UNIX guy but I've tried to figure it out and it is just not working. So ... if someone out there can reply with a solution for me that would be great.
Extra credit for automatically compressing the backups with the built in compression utility so my backups use less space.
Thanks in advance.

I have another psd (adjustment_layer.psd) file that only has one layer, and it is an adjustment layer. .
That is possible. An adjustment layer must be over a layer. The layer that it is over can have its visibility off but there needs to at least two layers in your (adjustment_layer.psd) file. For you can not have and adjustment layer without a layer to adjust.
Are all your PSD file the same in size x px by y px at z DPI?
It would be easy to create an action just to add the adjustment layer you want if your (adjustment_layer.psd) file adjustment layer, layer mask is a reveal all or hide all mask. You can Batch the action or use the Image processor script and have it include your action that add the adjustment layer you do not need to write a script.
I would also record that action to add the adjustment layer clipped to the layer below. There is a bug in CS4 and CS5 Action Player. Actions that have recorded adding adjustment layers to be applied to all layers below may play incorrectly. You will have to pay to get a fix for this bug for Adobe is not going to apply a fix the the current releases of Photoshop. The bug is so far slated to be fixed in CS6 time will tell.

Bridge CS6 Photoshop Batch tool to open Photoshop CC

I have both CS6 and CC installed
I'm having the issue in Bridge CS6 that when I want to do a batch function through Tool > Photoshop > Batch this opens Photoshop CS6 and not Photoshop CC which i'd prefer it open. Is there any way to set this.
The question of me will be why I don't use Bridge CC. Unfortunately I am locked into having to use InDesign CS6 for my work and use a shortcut to reveal images in Bridge (which will only reveal on Bridge CS6), hence why I'm then forced to use Bridge 6 over Bridge CC....
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Okay... but I'm using Bridge CC and when I use Tools> Photoshop > Batch it opens the files in Photoshop CS6.
How do I get Bridge CC to open images in Photoshop CC?
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Batch processing photographs in Photoshop Elements 11

Hi everyone,
I've been scanning in a lot of old photographs of late. Many (probably all) of them would benefit from application of the "dust & scratches" filter, but it doesn't appear as an option in the "process multiple files" pull-down. I've heard about "autohotkey" being used as an alternative mechanism for doing batch processing, but can't find an example online that works with Photoshop Elements 11. Would anyone care to share any tips on how I could automatically process my scanned photographs in ways that "process multiple files" doesn't offer?
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Best regards,
Andrew.

One way which i've been doing this is to use the Image Processor script from photoshop in pse 11.
(only works in pse 11 or possibly future versions of photoshop elements)
You can download the PSE 11 Image Processor.zip, extract the file (right click on the zip and press Extract All)
https://workspaces.acrobat.com/?d=ZOP9CgDC38plXHju4uVLkQ
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Then we just need to know if you want the Dust and Scratches to use the same settings all the time or you want to be able to adjust the filter between photos.
(so we could send you the action to use with the image processor)
The image processor is similar to process mutiple fles except you can choose to run action that you have loaded in Window>Actions on the processed photos.

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Am in the process of upgrading from CS5 Design Standard to CS6 DS. I had no problem copying my custom InDesign workspaces from the earlier version to the new version.
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Mylenium

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thanks

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A simple action should do it. It is run as a batch on your source images.
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3. Close
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3. Closes the source image.
4. Pastes into the target image, which remains open during the process receiving each image in turn.
FWIW.
Peace,
Lee

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I wanted to deactivate Photoshop CS4 as the default browser for image. Now everytime when i want to open BMP(bitmap) file it always use photoshop CS4 to open the file. It takes a longer time to load the bitmap picture when using photoshop CS4 to open.
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Mylenium is implying just that. There's a checkbox that reads something like [ ] Always Use This Program to Open This File Type.
I do know that in Photoshop CS5 in Bridge there's a preference dialog that allows you to set file associations as well... I'm not where I can test CS4 at the moment. There may be such a dialog also in Bridge CS4. Open Bridge, choose Edit - Preferences - File Associations if that subcategory exists, then find your file type and change the association.
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I just upgraded from CS5 to CS5 Extended version. I had previously written a lot of actions for automating batch files and I would really like to avoid having to start over and recreate them all.
Are the actions I created stored in a folder someplace that I can simply move to the new CS5 Extended location and be recognized??
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Yes. However you should save them to one of your folders. For if you do not and your Photoshop preferences get reset you will loose all the actions you recorded. When you record an action they are recorded into your Photoshop perefences in a file named "Actions Palette.psp" however they are not safe for this file will be replaced with Adobe's defaults if your Photoshop Preferences are reset. You should always save Acrtions you record. Highlite the Action Set your action is in and use the Actoins Palette fly-out menu and select save action.

Batch file to "Disable" un-used plug-ins etc.

Hi Folks!!
I've got into the habit (from the good old, small PC, WinXP days) of disabling with the pre-fix ~ (tilde) method, all the presets and plug-ins that I never use as soon as I install Photoshop.
Doing it manually in those days was not too much of a hardship as maybe, at worst twice a year.
Now that I've upgraded(?) to Win7, I must have done a "clean" system re-install at least once a month, the manual method is getting a bit tedious.
I'd like to have batch script(s) to automate/semi-automate the process so that I could open a command prompt at the root (C:\) and tell it to go to the swatches folder and prefix A, C, and D leaving B, E, and F untouched, then move on to the brushes folder, patterns folder, plug-ins folder etc. etc..
I've got a list of my usual "suspects", I've tried to write one myself (with no knowledge of what I'm doing) and so far I've managed to (luckily, but not repeated!!) get the first one on the list renamed followed by 50 or so "The *** path is not recognised/ The *** path is not a correct command/ The syntax is incorrect/ That's not your dog on your path" etc. etc.
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HELP!!
Yours
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Elmer (very) B. Fuddled
Message was edited by: Elmer B. Fuddled Speeling Mistooks

Thanks for your response Noel,
A corrected link to M$ answers (maybe)
Originally i did do a lot of the "disabling" to save space when I was running WinXP on an old Packard Bell with a 60gb main HDD (don't laugh, that was an "upgrade" from the 20gb HDD!!) Now I've gone up in the world to Win7 with (to me) a huge 320gb HDD it's more an aesthetics / efficiency thing.
First example, the drop down window you get when you hit "Save As..."
I've never yet used any of the formats in PS high-lighted in green, the yellows are "very seldom used" and the rest, yes I do use. So if I can "hide" the ones I don't use, and I know I can't hide them all, the ones I do use are not hiding in a multitude of others.
When it comes to the Colour Swatches, not books, in the Preset Manager, after I've loaded my own "ICO" files it can get quite horrendous!!
The Full House
Now after I've removed all the Pantone etc. that I never touch, leaving only a couple I was "advised" to on t'interweb plus my own collection of palettes, some of which may only contain four colours..
Oooh!! I can see me canvas again!!
So much neater!
Bear in mind I'm not actually deleting anything so if I ever do need them, they are only a tilde away!!
I disable any plug-ins I don't, didn't or couldn't use when on WinXP due to hardware restraints (well the PC was salvaged from a skip!!) and I've managed to live without them.
The same sort of thing goes for the brushes, I've assembled my own .abr's from the supplied Adobe sets that I may only just use and disabled all the rest.
For brushes you can also read File Formats, Actions, Custom Shapes and Gradients
The script "Wot I Ave Wrote" looks like this (abridged)
@echo off cls
set windrive=%1
echo The Adobe installed Plug-ins and Presets listed in the "Read Me" file will
echo will be prepended with a tilde (~) which will disable/hide them.
echo.
echo Do you wish to continue?
set /p choice=Please press "Y" for yes or "N" for no:
if %choice%==y goto moveon
if %choice%==n goto dontmove
:moveonren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\Cineon.8BI" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~Cineon.8BI"
ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\Dicom.8BI" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~Dicom.8BI"
ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\FastCore.8BX" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~FastCore.8BX"
ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\JPEG2000.8BI" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~JPEG2000.8BI"
ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\MMXCore.8BX" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~MMXCore.8BX"
ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\PBM.8BI" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~PBM.8BI"
ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\Pixar.8BI" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\~Pixar.8BI"
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ren "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\WBMP.8BI" "C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ADOBE\ADOBE BRIDGE CS5\Plug-Ins\Import-Export\~FireWire Export.8BE"
echo .
echo .
echo Whoopy Doo!!! Won't be seeing those again unless you want to! :-)
echo .
pause
exit /B n
:dontmove
echo .
echo The Batch File execution has been cancelled.
pause
And that's about it, all the red bits I've borrowed from elsewhere so I'm none the wiser of what they really do!!
Any sites I've "visited" tell me that /1 /2 %WhoKnows% does "X", but not why it does!! So I gave up
Oh, BTW, using bridge as my guinea-pig as I never use it.
Could never get it to run on me XP machine so I looked elsewhere and I've never looked back again.
Regards
Elmer (more bemused than)B. Fuddled
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If you are having trouble getting Photoshop to upgrade from Standard to Extended (my case was going from Design Standard to Design Premium), try to deactivate the Photoshop under the Help button. (If it is grayed out, go to File and New and start a blank file, then Deactivate should be black). Mine specifically said it would deactivate Design Standard, which was what I was after. Once it closed and I launched Photoshop again, it was the Extended version. Oh happy day. I must give credit to David Artz for his post from November for the fix. Thank you David.

Yes, $199 for the regular Photoshop CS6 version, $399 for Extended from CS5 standard.
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I see this sort of error notice in Bridge and Photoshop, preceded by the message " Photoshop (or Bridge) has encountered a problem and must close. Tell MS.
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CS3, so nobody gives a tinkers dam, I suppose.
I see this kind of message in software testing on a regular basis. Of course, when the test is under way, the software is generating a detailed log file which we package up as part of a bug report. Then at the bug scrubs, lively discussions ensue as to who has to fix what!
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