Filter Distort Displace not working - Terri Foster Rules!

There's an old post about this where the upshot of the post is that the filter isn't working because the the map wasn't saved with compatibility turned on.
The 2nd person to reply, Terri Foster, said "maybe the map is buried too deep in your file structure" - she is absoultely right.
I spent 2 days reinstalling Photoshop (CS2) and trying to get the effect I wanted without the displacement filter. My file was buried 8 folders deep and I tend to use square brackets in folder names, too. Once I'd saved the map to the desktop instead, it all worked like a charm...
Terri Foster, you rule! Big thankyou.
smithy.

Smithy,
Thanks! I had to do a double take on that topic name. It's not everyday you hear you rule. LOL.
Terri :)

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