HELP! "Could not initialize Photoshop because you do not have the necessary access privileges"

When I open Photoshop CS3 it states "Could not initialize Photoshop because you do not have the necessary access privileges". The most recent thing I did was a Mac OS snow leopard update. Also, InDesign crashes when trying to open it. A while back I had problems with user permissions and I managed to resolve that, but I think I had to reinstall the entire Master Collection. Any help would be appreciated!

I see. Well, if it works on a new account, then I guess that' good enough. You might still wanan try and fix your permissions on zthe otehr account, though. It may just require digging into the terminal and commandline operations to recursively apply this stuff to all folders and sub-folders...
Mylenium

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HELP!! When I open Photoshop CS3 it states "Could not initialize Photoshop because you do not have the necessary access privileges".

When I open Photoshop CS3 it states "Could not initialize Photoshop because you do not have the necessary access privileges".
Also, InDesign crashes when trying to open it.
I am running OS X 10.6.8
The most recent task I did was a Mac OS snow leopard software update.
I created a new user account and both Photoshop and InDesign work perfectly when logged into that account, but the problem is persisting with my old account.
I tried, but didn't receive much help from Adobe.
Any help would be appreciated!

I see. Well, if it works on a new account, then I guess that' good enough. You might still wanan try and fix your permissions on zthe otehr account, though. It may just require digging into the terminal and commandline operations to recursively apply this stuff to all folders and sub-folders...
Mylenium

Could not initialize photoshop because there is not enough memory (RAM) CS4

I just recently started receiving this error, "could not initialize photoshop because there is not enough memory (RAM)". So I thought doing an uninstall and a reinstall of Photoshop would cure it. No such luck though. I have 8 gigs of ram, so I hardly think not enough ram is an issue. I have a MacBook Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, 8GB of ram, 750 GB hard drive. Any ideas?

Boilerplate-text:
As with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems you might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences you’ve changed) by pressing command-alt-shift on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.
System Maintenance (repairing permissions, purging PRAM, running cron-scripts, cleaning caches, etc.) might also be beneficial, Onyx has been recommended for such tasks.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html
Weeding out bad fonts never seems to be a bad idea, either. (Validate your fonts in Font Book and remove the bad ones.)
If 3rd party plug-ins are installed try disabling them to verify if one of those may be responsible for the problem.

Could not initialize photoshop because of a problem using the adobe color engine (Win 7)

Was running the lastest version of Photoshop CS5 and added a second quad graphics card and 4 more monitors. Now PS will not start and I get the error message "could not initialize photoshop because of a problem using the adobe color engine."
Computer has 2 NIVDIA Quadro4 NVS420 graphics boards with 8 Samsung SyncMaster 1920x1080 monitors. If I disable 4 of the monitors CS5 starts normally. I do not have to remove the added graphics card. When I extend the desktop again to all 8 monitors I get the error above.
How do I trouble-shoot the problem? Is it Photoshop, NIVDIA or Windows 7?

Well, not exactly a full solution yet (at least for my setup), but I am certain now that this issue is (mostly) caused by nVidia's drivers. You may be able to fix your setup by simply installing the latest drivers for your NVS420 cards (266.45 for Win 7/64 rel. 01/12/2011).
Since you are using two identical cards, this could do the trick.
Caveats - Make sure you:
1. Select Custom Install, the Express Install will most likely not work properly.
2. Unselect the Audio Driver (if available), the nVidia HD(MI) Audio driver could
screw up your speech recognition (if you use it) or other audio software - it did for me.
3. Select Clean Install. If you don't, files like C:\Windows\System32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
and several other driver related files will not be overwritten, causing all sorts of neat effects.
4. After the Install is complete, reboot your system whether the Installer prompts you or not.
After testing various configurations, disabling two - six of my eight monitors I am at this point:
I am now using nVidia's lastest and greatest piece of crap (read driver), version 266.58, released just two days ago. After an initial snag with maximized windows extending to the bottom of the main monitor (underneath the taskbar), a re-install & reboot solved that issue.
All three driver versions tested (260.89, 260.99, 266.58) now allow me to start PhotoShop without any problems; providing I first disable the two monitors fed by my onboard graphics (nVidia 780a based), leaving me with six monitors connected to three GTS-450 cards. I can even re-enable the two other monitors once the program is open, and it continues to work fine. However, I must disconnect them again for the next start of PhotoShop.
On an interesting side note:
After disabling six monitors (leaving only two on a GTS-450), I was also able to open and run SoundBooth CS5, which previously would not open, citing the audio driver as the problem. After sucessfully starting SoundBooth I could re-enable all six other monitors (incl. onboards),
and that program now opens and works fine with all 8 monitors connected. [ODD !!!]
Other than Adobe Software, I've had only one other issue with my setup:
When playing online poker at PokerStars, occasionally and quite randomly one of multiple tables would freeze up. I'll try disabling the two onboard monitors for that program as well to see whether the random freezes stop.
Overall, while I think that Adobe produces fine software and nVidia has been in need of an overhaul for quite some time now, I also think that Adobe and nVidia software engineers need to work more closely together to ensure that problems like this don't arise in the first place after a product has been released to the public. IMHO, this is avoidable!
PS:
Here's a link to a great tool for multiple monitors, Display Fusion by Binary Fortress.
I use the free version, it allows you to do cool things like have individual wallpapers for all
your monitors, or stretch a single image across all monitors. With the Pro Version ($25),
you can also add individually customizable taskbars to each monitor, and a lot more.
http://www.displayfusion.com/

Whenever I close down Photoshop CS5 I get the message: "Could not save Preferences because the file is locked or you do not have the necessary access privileges. Use the get info command in Finder to unlock the file or change permission on the file or enc

Whenever I close down Photoshop CS5 I get the message: "Could not save Preferences because the file is locked or you do not have the necessary access privileges. Use the get info command in Finder to unlock the file or change permission on the file or enclosing folders." What on earth does it mean? How can I stop this message from appearing?

See here:
I cannot save recent images.

Could not initialize photoshop because there is not enough memory

Hello there
i am using Windows XP in Bootcamp on a MacBook Pro. This system goes phantastic without any problems since more than half a year now. Now i decided to use this MacBook for my work as well, but unfortunately my CS2 Photoshop can not be installed because of "could not initialize photoshop because there is not enough memory". Which is not true, it cannot be the memory, i never had any problems on my other computer and even after a restart with all 4GB free it is the same. Trying to get closer to the source of the problem i tried out some other verions of Photoshop, with the same results, so for sure it is not a preference or something similar. Does anyone had the same problem with his XP on a MacBook?
Thanks for your support,
Sofian

Sounds like a mapping problem in Bootcamp itself. Either it prevents access to prefs and certain configuration files or the bootloader does not correctly map the different memory offsets. If so, only completely re-initializing the system would fix it. I never had any problems with Vista, though, so this may be an unfortunate combination of an old operating system (XP) with teh specifics of the half-PC that such a Mac is.
Mylenium

PSE 6, OSX 10.6.8, you do not have the necessary access privileges

Bit of an odd one this.
I have a user who periodically is unable to run Elements 6 and receives a message along the lines of "Could not initialize photoshop elements, because you do not have the necessary access privileges".
But not consistently. Repairing permissions had no effect on this, nor did deleting the pse preference files, but recreating the user account did, temporarily resolve it. There's no correlation between whether their account is set to admin or not.
The issue seems to be quite sporadic (it was reported to me again yesterday, but works fine today) and is proving difficult to pin down, partly because PSE doesn't log the error or what causes it as far as I've been able to see.
Any suggestions?

Installed in main applications folder.
I'll try a reinstall as and when the issue rears up again, also possible that our antivirus (trend micro officescan) is to blame here, but I'd expect to see the same issue on some of our other machines with the same configuration.
I note a similar problem here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2496088#2496088 although with pse8 and a scratch disk error as well (not problem here).
Very odd. Anybody know if there are logs hiding somewhere I don't know about that might give more information?

PSE 10 "you do not have the necessary access privileges"

I just installed Photoshop Elements 10 on my Mac which is running OS 10.7.2 (Lion) and can't open it because I get the message "You cannot initialize Photoshop Elements because you do not have the necessary access privileges". I've changed the permissions on the PSE 10 folder as well as the Contents folder inside the Adobe Elements 10 Organizer. Still a no go... Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!

Thanks for all your tipps.
Too bad, that didn't work for me
I tried to define the disks during startup by pressing <Alt> + <CMD> and set the first scratch disk to my Mac HD.
But that is overwritten each I time I start it again.
I can start the Organizer but not the Editor.
Compared to a user that works I see that in
"/Users/andreas/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Settings"
The file "Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Prefs.psp" exists with length zero.
So I do obiviously have write permission on this folder, but what else is missing?
In "/Users/andreas/Library/Preferences/Adobe" I find the folder "Elements Organizer" with subfolder 10.0
In "/Users/andreas/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10" there's only an empty subfolder "Presets".
Permissions, however, seem also to be ok:
imac:Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 andreas$ pwd
/Users/andreas/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10
imac:Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 andreas$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 andreas staff 68 8 Dez 14:54 Presets
For my working user this is highly populated.
Isn't there a way to trace or monitor where the Elements Editor fails to access a directory or file?
//Andreas

The operation can't be completed because you don't have the necessary permission.

My wife and I share files on our home network all the time. the problem is when I create files on my Mac Pro or Macbook Pro (.doc, .tif, .jpg, .psd, .png, etc) and place them on her Mac Mini. she can not edit them. She gets the message: "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission."
The only way I know how to fix the problem is to delete the file from her Mac, change the permissions on my Mac (via Get Info), and then re-copy the file back to her computer. The problem is there are hundreds of files, in different folders on her Mac, so using a batch command with Get Info (Cmd, Option I) is not an option.
First of all why are all the files I create "Read only" for "staff" and "everyone" in first place?
Is the problem with my computer or with hers?
Is there a way for her to overide the permissions so I dont have to spend days or weeks going through every file I have created on my Mac?
Here is a screeen shot of one file:
Here is a Screen shot of the Folder on her MacMini that I drop files into:

She needs to connect to the file server with your name and password. Then she'll have the same access you have. I assume that's what you want.

The operations can't be completed because you don't have the necessary permission

Randomly my MacBook running OS X Mountain Lion 10.7.4 would not let me copy files to my desktop or create a new folder on my desktop. When ever I try to do either it asks me to put my password in and then I get this error message:
"The operations can't be completed because you don't have the necessary permission"
I already 'Repaired Permissions' and 'Repaired Disk' multiple times in Safe Mode and also in Utility mode (not sure what to call it, the mode where you go when you are installing the OS).
Anyone have any advice?

Trying this:
http://blog.thewheatfield.org/2010/09/09/os-x-solving-the-operation-cannot-be-co mpleted-because-you-do-not-have-sufficient-privileges-for-some-of-the-items-prob lem/

You do not have the necessary access privileges

I reinstalled the sytem and now can't save a photoshop file or pdf. What's up?

Follow the instructions for your OS version:
Reset home folder permissions | [Fix-KB]

Error "Could not initialize PSE (or scratch file) because you do not have the necessary access"

I am having permissions problems on my Mac OSX, version 10.7.5. I receive the message " Could not initialize Photoshop Elements (or open a scratch file) because you do not have the necessary access privileges." Help please.
Message title was edited by: Brett N

It doesn't appear that the information I copied and pasted is showing up on this thread. I figured out what I should have done in the first place.
These are the files I deleted:
This is what is remaining in the Preferences file:
This is what is remaining in the Saved State file:

CS6 Photoshop reads this when attempting to "Could not initialize Photoshop because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted). HELP!

Finally got a call this morning from an Adobe Rep and he explained to me the issue. He explained that I needed to uninstall the adobe product, in this case Photoshop CS6 and download it again and reinstall it! So, I did that and get the same message when attempting to open the newly downloaded software: "Could not initialize Photoshop because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted). Please, if someone could help me as soon as possible! I am very anxious to remedy this situation. Thank you!

This seems to have cropped up a lot recently. What has seemed to work so far is intentionally resetting your preferences:
Reset Preferences
1) Close the program and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Win)/Cmd+Option+Shift (Mac) during startup (not reversible)
or
2) Move the Folder. See:
http://www.bugge.com/Family-and-friends/Illy/illy.html
--OB

Am unable start Photoshop (CS5.1 Extended version), it gives me this message: Could not initialize Photoshop, because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted). Please help, thanks.

Dear Friends or anybody, please help.
Am unable start Photoshop (CS5.1 Extended version), it gives me this message:
Could not initialize Photoshop, because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted).
I have also watched the video on “restoring peferences” trouble shooting above, but got nowhere.
Please help me, am leaving Canada on a business trip to China in 36 hours and I need to work using Photoshop. Thank you.
Benny

Check these solutions here Re: Preferences File was invalid.
Gene

Could not initialize Photoshop because the file is locked

I have the problem where you get the Could not initialize Photoshop because the file is locked, where the solution was to fix the properties in the jpg. I did that and tried the Ctrl-Alt-Shft thing too. I pressed them in time and got the message to delete the settings. When I click yes, I still get the "file locked" message. If it is the scratch disk setting problem, I can't get PS open to change it. This problem started when I was opening a locked jpg from a relative. (Now none of my previous pics will open either). Any other ideas other than these that are already listed in the forums? Thanks for any help.
Technical: Windows XP 5.1, HP7680, Photoshop CS2, 2g ram, more than enough work drives. (no Vista)
Sequence of events: 1) recd a jpg from a relative in an email and saved it to hard drive. 2) with Photoshop unopened, I rt clkd on the jpg and chose "open with CS2". 3) PS started loading and then stopped with the "file locked" msg. Clkd on OK and PS closed. 4) tried to open PS from the shortcut (and from explorer) and got same result. 5) researched the problem and then used the Ctrl-Alt-Shft approach, got the window that asks to "delete settings" and chose ok, PS closed again. 6) went to the jpg and displayed properties and saw "This file came from another computer and might be locked....", so I clicked "unblock". 7) retried step 2, then 4 with same results. 7) tried to open an old jpg with step 2 and same result (got file locked msg). 8) no longer can bring up the "delete settings" window with the the Ctrl-Alt-Shft approach as it looks like it deleted the settings the 1st time.
Any ideas???? Thanks again.

Bob,
I do not know why a locked JPG would mess up PS. I could see if you always tried to launch PS, by dbl-clicking on the JPG in Windows Explorer, but not from your Desktop shortcut, or from the PS.exe file.
For the locked file, there is a freeware utility, Unlocker. I do not have a URL handy, but Google should find it for you. It has worked on some network assets, that seemed to lock up on me.
Good luck, though this might not address your PS launch issue.
Hunt

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