CS5.1 Not Opening Files from Hard Drive

I'm on a 2010 iMac with the lastest OS, and every time I try to open a RAW file from one of my external hard drives, I get an error messages that says "Could not complete your request because of a program error." If go to the file through the hard drive and then drag it to Photoshop, it opens up, but if I go to File>Open> and then choose my external drive.

i have the question posted over there too..
Interestingly - I reinstalled CS4. files open with no issue using CS4 as external editor.
Also - files open with no issue if PS Elements is used as the External editor.
Looks like the issue is with CS5.

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That is because the external drive you are using is formatted in the Windows NTFS format, which is fine for Windows.
OS X can READ files from that format but can NOT Write to that format. If you want to use that external drive with both Windows and Mac OS X you will need to reformat it in a format that both Windows and OS X can Read from and Write to.
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I created new file (in Numbers for example). Then Numbers->File->Open->iCloud Drive->my_file.numbers and it says "Can't open file my_file.numbers".
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I have spoken to apple support this afternoon and we tried the variations shown above.
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Something has gone wrong with how Lightroom finds and communicates with Photoshop.
That could be a registry string, or some preference within Lightroom.
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Clicking the X, top right of window to close does not work either.
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i have the question posted over there too..
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Looks like the issue is with CS5.

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I'll throw out a guess
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Unfortunately the "Show File" or "Show Original File" command doesn't seem to work when more than one file is selected... (the program just points to one of the selected files). Is there a workaround?
No, I think you'll need to do it one at a time.
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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:44:01 +0000 (UTC), "Pillsbur"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I'd like to edit some files directly on the server
without first downloading
>and saving a local copy. I've created an FTP "site" and
can connect just fine.
> The twist is these files do not have a file extension,
and DW CS3 won't open
>them if I double-click from the Files area of the site
pane. Instead, DW says
>it "can't find an editor for that file extension." Also,
if I right-click on
>the file in the Files pane, and choose "Open with
Dreamweaver" I get a strange
>message about an invalid path.
>
> If the file is saved on my local hard drive, DW opens it
just fine in code
>view. This is the behavior I'm trying to duplicate with
the FTP site files.
>
> How do I specify in the file type/editors preferences
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something?
>
> Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
>
> Glenn
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General File Recovery
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I seriously need help with this. For the past month or so I have been having problems uploading files from my hard drive to Yahoo, Gmail and even Blogger. Each time I try uploading a file, Safari either shuts down on me completely or I get some error message that says it can't find the page or that there is a disagreement of some sort.
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Basics of File Recovery
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If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten with recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

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Hello All, I'm wanting to import VHS video that was burned to a DVD. Frame size is 352 x 480. Elements shows it, even after rendering, as very distorted video on the monitor panel. Audio is fine. Anybody here have an idea how to conform my video to the Project?

alexmorgan43
Thank you for the reply.
(Note: It would be better also to know...frame rate and progressive or interlaced video...NTSC or PAL setup...but for now....with some assumptions...
Although I have never run into a DVD-VIDEO video file with the 352 x 480 (4:3) resolution, it does exist apparently.
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If your client can settle for your 352 x 480 (4:3) source exported to a file saved to the computer hard drive, then Premiere Elements 11 can give you a MPEG2.mpg
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4. Edit, Add Menu if you want.
5. Publish+Share/Disc/DVC disc with preset NTSC_Dolby DVD for the NTSC DVD-VIDEO Standard 4:3 on DVD disc
@ 29.97 interlaced frames per second.
6. Moment of truth...what does that look like on your TV's DVD player.
Please review and consider and then we can fine tune if my assumptions did not meet your actual details.
Thanks.
ATR

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