Finder will not run...

My sisters hard drive is full on her Macbook, I was going to go wipe it because it it was really messed up. Now the finder wont run, what should I do?

Wipe it from the Mac OS X install disk. Make sure you save all your important stuff into another hard drive first.

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Finder will not run after a re-start. Any quick fixes?

scottg
Please review the following for possible solutions to your Premiere Elements 12 issue.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-sign-in-failure-connect-to.html
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-premiere-elements-12-editor-will.html
Looking forward to learning of your results when your schedule permits.
Thank you.
ATR

I am running Mac OS 10.2.8 and the finder will not run

When My computer starts the fined is not running and there is nothing on the desktop but the icons on the bottom of the screen.
How do I get it the file to show up agean and the hardrive?? I there a way to rebild the desktop???
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It sounds like you may need to check the startup disk.
Boot from your Mac install disc, run Disk Utility.
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The Elements 12 Mac disk works fin - I also have a Dell, and the Windows disk will not run at all, sounds like it's grinding, and is almost impossible to remove from the hard drive. I cannot find any place to tell me who to CALL to ask for a replacement!

The Elements 12 Mac disk works fine - I also have a Dell, and the Windows disk will not run at all, sounds like it's grinding, and is almost impossible to remove from the hard drive. I cannot find any place to tell me who to CALL to ask for a replacement!

Hi Samcat,
You can use a download instead of the disk as an alternative: Adobe - Download free trial version Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 | Adobe you can license with your serial
Please test the disk in another windows machine to check if it's caused by the drive or the disk. If you tested with 2 drives please start a support case, i assume Adobe will only provide downloads at this point. They are the same as the trials. If you still need a disk you can burn the trial to a disk as a backup disk. Good luck!

Firefox 4.0 will not find update to 4.0.1, add-ons for 4.0.1 will not run

30 May 2011, 18:22h UTC
Downloaded 4.0 UK-edition on my laptop, the 4.0 US-edition on my desktop, and the 4.0 UK-edition on a 2nd laptop.
On mine, updates to 4.0.1 are not found, some add-ons were taken off, as incompatible, that ran on the 4.0 on my desktop (and weren't on the 2nd laptop). Add-ons, now already even compatible with 4.0.1 (running on the 2nd laptop) will not run as 'incompatible' with 4.0 (though listed on the add-ons site as compatible.
It has stopped telling me that 'something' is pretending to be an update from Firefox (whatever that 'something' be?) since setting the browser to updating manually, but asking me first what to do. All currently installed add-ons have not asked me for some time (though on other computers), and also report as fully up-t0-date.
Ergo: Neither Firefox 4.0 nor any installed add-ons update correctly.
Didn't crash, though it 'likes' doing that after printing (always Badly! with dreadful printing options/previews), leaving two tabs (rather than the one before), both of which only can be shut from their context menus. Crash reports have been sent with same email address, but not been answered. This browser has all the qualities of a Beta-release and needs some serious overhauls (it's also not very new or much safer!).
Example for an add-on that won't install on 4.0, but will under 4.0.1: CookieMonster - which is desperately needed, given your browser still suffers from minimal, insufficient cookie management, incl. lists of domains that wish to set 'another' cookie when no cookies are as yet, allegedly, sitting on the computer.

I've since updated manually to 4.0.1, but haven't yet tried the full uninstall version, because I have to export plenty of settings first (and/or manually copy them). Also means I'd have to start from scratch with many customizations in No Script.
That said, I'll try the 'Safe Mode' option tonight, thank you :-)!
If I have to uninstall the whole shebang, I'd be more tempted to go back to 3.6.x until a few more of 4's teething problems (e.g. the messy print dialogues, particularly preview, which regularly doesn't even work) have been tackled.
Thanks-1M! for now - keep you posted.

Firefox will not run after System restore or running in compatibility mode for windows 98. How do I fix this? I already tried all other solutions on this site.

I was running Firefox fine just yesterday. I screwed up the registry a litle while removing an installed program completely, so I restored the system and everything appeared to work fine. I then decided to play an old video game, Return to Krondor, which was made back in 1998, so I ran the program with no other programs running in compatibility for windows 98. After finishing the game, I closed it and put the computer in hibernation mode. I come back today and firefox will not run at all. It is not running in the background and there are no programs running. There are no services running which could interfere with it. I think somehow Firefox may think I'm in compatibility mode still, but I have no idea.
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Is her computer currently fully-patched at Windows Update?
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Is Adobe Flash Player v15.0.0.189 (or higher) installed on her computer?
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Troubleshoot Shockwave Player installation for Windows
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I recently purchased the iPhone 5 and my itunes account on my iMac 7,1 will not recognize it as a device. My imac has stopped downloading new updates, it says it is up to date with iTunes 9.2.1. My imac will not run the newest 10.7 itunes either. HELP!!

I recently purchased the iPhone 5 and my itunes account on my iMac 7,1 will not recognize it as a device. My imac has stopped downloading new updates, it says it is up to date with iTunes 9.2.1. My imac will not run the newest 10.7 itunes either. All I want to do is put my music from itunes on my computer to my new phone. HELP please!!

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BB Desktop Software 6.1 will not run on Windows 7 64-Bit

I wrote to the forum of my problem, and a nice person here told me that I may be having the same problem as others and to repost my question to this link
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Desktop-Software-for-PC/BB-Desktop-Software-6-1-will-not-run-...
I went there and cannot find a button to tick to post to that page, so I went one back and posted my problem in hopes of finding help. BB4matt even told me what my laptop is. A Genuine Windows 7 home Premium 64 bit Operating System, and that Desktop 6.1 will not run on this system, to copy my problen to the above link, (which I couldn't figure out how to do) or start a new one under the heading I used, that I MIGHT attract a guru of sorts, BB Tech Advisor, ViciousFerret. MR FERRET, please help!
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Hi.
I have read in these forums and am still lost. I know my answer should be in hre somewhere, but if it is I am unable to understand it, so be patient as I may be reasking an already answered question.
I try to be a good lil girl and follow forum rules, but am lost here.
I bought a new laptop, a Dell 17R It runs Win 7 I think. Lots of ROM/RAM. I dowloaded the desktop program from bb dot com and cannot get it to work. First it asked me to trouble shoot, and reconfigured the DT prog for Win XP.
It then acknowledged my Torch and dld my photos. Then it decided I didn't have space and undid whatever it did.
NOW I cannot get the program, once it opens to recognise my phone at all! ACK!!
I need someone who understands this gobbltygook to explain to me what to do. I need to unload my photos, as I use my phone to take pix more than I would have thought.
I am a photog, and it's better than my first digital this Torch 9800 is, and video quality, OMG, but the vids are too big to upload from the phone..........(IDK why cuz it did at Christmas?)
Anyway, please help me here, as I can use a computer, e-mail, Facebook, Picassa, other than that, IDK too much about them. (It took my YEARS to spring for this laptop)
Thank you in advance for your patience.
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Program runs in win 7-64 Pro BUT will not run in win 7 home or vista.
I'm testing 32bit software that will run in 7-64 Pro but will not in win 7 home premium or vista.
The 7-64 Pro machine is NOT running the program in XP mode although is is being run as admin. The 7 home premium and vista beta testers have tried every work around/mode, admin mode, and anti-virus exception. I've run process explorer & WinMerge to evaluate
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After 3 beta's 30 hours of testing & 50 of my own, I believe I've narrowed the issue down to the win 7 home premium and vista os's.
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Boot Camp Update 2.1 will not run

I'm trying to install Windows XP on my Intel Macbook. It's a legal copy purchased from Microsoft so no trouble there.
The Bootcamp Assistant worked fine and the Windows install worked fine. I'm now at the point of trying to install the Boot Camp drivers but I don't have my Leopard disc available. (I bought a an OS X Family Pack and my son currently has the discs 20 miles away.)
Accordingly, I downloaded the Boot Camp 2.1 update from Apple but it simply will not run under Windows in the Boot Camp partition. It briefly looks (1-2 seconds) as though it's starting, but then never does.
I tested the .exe file on a pure Windows machine and it runs fine so there's no file corruption problems.
I've searched online but can't seem to find any solution to this particular problem.

djrichards wrote:
Thanks for the response, Stefan.
But that's not what the Apple download page says. Specifically it says the following.
"Note: This download contains complete copies of Boot Camp Windows XP Drivers (version 2.1). If you have Boot Camp drivers already installed, it will update them. If you do not have any Boot Camp drivers installed, it will install version 2.1 drivers onto your already installed Windows OS."
Hi,
I admit I haven't ever taken a closer look at that and as said to my knowledge, the 2.1 update only works with the 2.0 drivers already installed.
Just did a quick googling and couldn't find any success story of using the 2.1 Update as a standalone driver install without having the 2.0 driver installed before.
Do you have the needed Admin rights when running the update.exe ?
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Photoshop CS5 will not run

I have Photoshop CS5 as part of the complete CS5 Design Premium but installed only Photoshop and Illustrator. There did not seem to be any problems on installation but Photoshop will not run. It installs many Plug-ins untill is stops at ScriptingSupport.8li. Any suggestion?
Details: I am installing on a 2 year old Dell Laptop, Inspiron 1720 with Windows XP. The file in question exists in the same place as it does on my Workstation where Photoshop works fine. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and the behavior is the same. I even got instructions from the Adobe site on making sure all remnants of Photoshop are removed and followed those before the second installation. I can't think of any other steps to take. Suggesions welcome.

Make sure you've updated to 12.0.1. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4733
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Hope this helps.
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Nothing works - no icons on desktop, finder will not open, etc.

I am running OS 10.4.7, and suddenly, nothing works. Finder will not open. iTunes will not open. Trash will not open. iPhoto will not open, etc. The only programs that seem to open are Safari and Mail (though Safari crashes if I try to watch any video, as Quicktime will not open). Moreover, all of the icons on the desktop have vanished, along with the info bar up top. Spotlight will not open either. I can't access the hard drive directory. Any suggestions? Or, should I just take it into the shop?
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Hi, WillhelminBend. Welcome to the Discussions.
1. What changes did you make to your Mac, if any, before this problem arose? If the problem arose after making a change, it's possible the change is the cause.
2. See my "Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch" FAQ for advice on troubleshooting this issue.
Good luck!
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Java will not run in IE9

I find this problem posted all over the internet -- however, I have found few answers and no solutions that work.
Java will not run in IE9
In the last three days I have installed Java 7.5 at least five times (after total uninstalls).
I have Windows 7 Home premium with all updates installed. Anti-virus programs are installed.
Even the java website http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp cannot detect the Java program in IE9. It displays the following message: “No working Java was detected
on your system. Install Java by clicking the button below.”
I know you don’t want to hear about other browsers, however, this is part of the diagnoses – Java works fine in Chrome. (Obviously, there are some programs that can only be accessed in IE.)
I have tried turning off the firewall, anti-virus AVG, active x filtering, and every other program. I have cleared the browsing history, cookies, etc. 50 times = nothing works.
I experienced that Java did work once and only once in IE9 after each of two new reinstallations of Java 7.5.
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Hi,
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You could try to deselect the “Automatically Detect Settings” to check how it works.
And enable the scripting of Java applets settings:
1. Click "Tools" --> "Internet Options"
2. Next, select the Security Tab, and select the "Custom Level" button
3. Scroll down to "Scripting of Java applets"
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5. Click OK to save your preference.
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Have a month number but QaaWs query will not run

If I type in the parameters for the query it runs with no problem, but when I use the MONTH function that returns the month number the query will not run.
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Here is how its setup. I have a QaaWs query that returns the max date, then Excel functions that calculate the date back 13 months. One of the functions is MONTH() that returns the month number based on a date stored in a cell, not really a true number.
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