External Editor Problem

Aperture 1.5
Yesterday I was using Photoshop CS2 as my external editor with no problems, I tried to open another image and the dialog box appeared with its ususal message but no photo, after rebooting etc, it still didn't work.
I tried using CS, the dialog box appeared but nothing happened. I tried different images within different projects in the library, but still nothing.
I changed to another library and the images open with both CS and CS2.
Does anyone have any suggestions, apart from rebuilding the library?
Thanks

hey, hey, hamish
quote: "n Library 1 - external editor works with photoshop CS & CS2"
"In Library 2 - external editor no longer works with CS or CS2, the system doesn't even create a new version file either."
you got me, i'm stumped
this might not help but worth a look:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304483
victor

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