External Editor Error

Hi there,
i have a problem with Freehand MXa. Every time, i try to open
an image in Freehand with the right-click option "open in external
editor" an error message appears, telling me, that my request can
not be fullfilled because of an error.
Is there anyy way to fix this? Maybe it has something to do
with some messed up registry setting? I recently upgraded from
Photoshop CS to CS2 and i think, it might be caused with some paths
in the registry not working anymore...
Any help is very much appreciated.

Brainbug wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I tried to set the right
application in the
> options-dialog, but to my surprise there's no Photoshop
to be found except for
> psd-files.
You can't find your installed Photoshop application? I'm on a
Mac, where
using Disk Utility to repair disk permissions would be the
next step to deal
with this. Sometimes you have to choose what appears to be an
application
name and 'show package contents' to access the core
application.
I can't advise you if you're on a PC.
Make sure that you're using the correct shortcut for opening
in an external
editor. This is quoted from the Help files:
To use an external editor:
1 Select a bitmap image.
2 Select Edit > Edit in External Editor or press Alt
(Windows) or Option
(Macintosh) and double-click the image.
3 At the prompt asking if you want to open an external
editor, click OK.
The application launches with the selected image opened (if
enough RAM is
available). An Editing in Progress dialog box appears in
FreeHand when the
external application opens.
What is the file type you're trying to edit? See this tech
note:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_8207
Judy Arndt

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