Photoshop Elements 12 fails to initialize

New install of Photoshop Elements 12 fails to initialize. Serial number was accepted during installation. Double clicking the icon gets the program started for just a few seconds then stops.

is pse 12 part of a cc subscription?
if yes, http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/cc-applications-crash-immediately-launch.html

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Could not initialize photoshop elements could not initialize ACE implementation

Hi,
Hoping somebody can help.I have Adobe photoshop elements 2.0 (i know its pretty old).Its always worked well until lately its bringing this message up and not letting me open it : could not inialize photoshop elements could not initialize ACE implementation.
I have been trying to clean up the computer and am not 100% confident at using the computer so im afraid i have deleted or locked something that this program needs to run.
Can any body help?
Erica

Repair does not work on any Windows version of PSE. Try resetting the preferences: Press and hold CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT when launching Elements until you see a box asking if you want to delete the settings. Yes, you do.
Juergen

Retry of unsuccessful installation of Photoshop Elements fails because it cannot find files which it believes to be present in order to remove them first.

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Photoshop Installer failed to initialize. Help?

Hello adobe! When trying to download a trail of photoshop the installer resulted in the following issue:
Installation Failed
     Your installation encountered errors.
Installer failed to initialize. This could be due to a missing file.
More troubleshooting tips:
1.Restart your computer
2. Exit all applications including startup items, virus checking and firewall software.
3. Launch the installer and reinstall your applications.
     I looked into this issue for probably around 5 hours now and attempted everything possible (or at least any solution I could find). The attempts tried and failed go as follows:
- Disabling all startup processes in msconfig
- Disabling antivirus temporarily
- Using the CCcleaner to produce a log and delete files
- Downloading multiple products from adobe (none working and same error)
     These programs include premeire
- Trying to use the installer on multiple drives (I have 3 total)
- Multiple accounts and directories
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-Intel core i7 4770k 3.5GHz
-(ASUS) Nvidia Geforce GTX 760
-8 GB RAM
-Samsung SSD and two other HDDs
My guess as to the cause for the problem is that I have moved my users and program files directories to one of my HDDs.
The log:
Gen_WWCombined-en_US-20121017_1230
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:30 2013] Please enter (y) for Yes or (n) for No. ... >>
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] Choose from one of the following options to clean up :
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 1. All
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 2. Adobe Flash Player 10.2
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 3. Creative Cloud & CS6 Products
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 4. CS6 only
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 5. CS5-CS5.5-CS6
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 6. CS5-CS5.5
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 7. CS3, CS4
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 8. Adobe Id credentials
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] 9. Quit
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:31 2013] Choice :>
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] User selected: All
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] DB does not exist at: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] DB does not exist at: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] DB does not exist at: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\caps.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] List of products installed on this machine
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] Listing products for cleanup:
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] Please enter the option number of the product you wish to remove; enter (q) to quit ... >>
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:35 2013] Are you sure you want to clean all the listed products and associated files?
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:35 2013] Type (y) to confirm and remove or (n) to quit ... >>
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Please wait for Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to finish........
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] :: Cleaning-up left over inventories ::
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Atleast one Non-RIBS Inventory : False, Atleast one AAMRef: False
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ::Start:: Removing AUM contents
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Deleting registry root:HKLM key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run value:AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Exception during deleting key : (2, 'RegDeleteValue', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Deleting registry root:HKLM key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run value:ADOBE_UPDATER_STARTUP_UTILITY
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Exception during deleting key : (2, 'RegDeleteValue', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Deleting scheduled task : AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-ThirtyVirus-PC-ThirtyVirus
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Executing command: schtasks /delete /TN "AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-ThirtyVirus-PC-ThirtyVirus" /F
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Deleting scheduled task : AdobeUpdater Task-ThirtyVirus-PC-ThirtyVirus
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Executing command: schtasks /delete /TN "AdobeUpdater Task-ThirtyVirus-PC-ThirtyVirus" /F
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ::Finish:: Removing AUM contents
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ::Start:: Removing OOBE
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Executing command "taskkill /F /FI "IMAGENAME eq AAM Updates Notifier.exe""
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] INFO: No tasks running with the specified criteria.
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ::Finish:: Removing OOBE
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Removing content of Product : CS5Installer, Version : CS5
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] File does not exist: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] File does not exist: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] LOG FILE SAVED TO: B:\Users\THIRTY~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool.log
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool completed successfully
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013]
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] *-*-*-*-*-*- ::START:: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] DB does not exist at: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] DB does not exist at: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:33 2013] DB does not exist at: B:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\caps.db
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] *-*-*-*-*-*- :: END :: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ---------------------------------------------------------
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* :: End Session :: *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
[Mon Dec 09 16:36:37 2013] ---------------------------------------------------------
Anything that you can do? If so thank you! Thanks!

I had a similar problem with installation of CS6 Extended.
I searched all through the forums and the internet, could not find an answer to this issue. On another forum, someone suggested this option for a differnt issue. I tried it for mine and it worked.
Download a newer version of Adobe Application Manager (https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4773)
Installed the application manager and than install your softwre. CS6 Extended loaded right up.
DDW

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hi, everyone.
i tried to install photoshop CS6 but i got "failed to initialize" error message.
i tried everything in the web site http://forums.adobe.com/message/2786497#2786497 but it didn't work out.
i uninstalled all adobe product with appcleaner than try to install but it didn't work.
i opened in the safe mode but it didn't work out.
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thank you for your answer.
But, i already deleted all adobe products with appcleaner unfortunately so i don't have any uninstaller to run.
after deleting adobe products. i only install adobe flash player and adobe reader.
i run the adobe creative suite cleaner tool, it didn't find any session to delete even if i use option "All" at the top of right corner in the program.
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Photoshop Elements fails

Just loaded Photoshop Elements 4.0 to Macbook with OS X 10.4. Upon opening after install, error message that application cannot launch. It fails onscreen as TWAIN menus are running. Is Elements conflicting with my CS versions of Indesign and Illustrator? I am running Acrobat 6.0. I have an Epson Stylus CX4200 Printer/Copier/Scanner. Is there a conflict with this? I am also having neverending problems setting up Mail with sympatico. Do you think I have bought a lemon mac here?

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PDapp here http://pastebin.com/MS6UY4Mb
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http://www.unis.no/50_INTERNAL/5020_It_Info/documents/solved_problems/photoshop_elements_s tartup/PhotoShopElements.htm
Photoshop Elements does not start
Some of you have reported a problem when starting Photoshop Elements:
"Could not initialize Photoshop Elements because the file is locked.
Use the 'Properties' command in the Windows Explorer to unlock the file."
SOLUTION:
Sometimes Photoshop Elements may start acting strange and may start to cause problems that weren't there before, or Photoshop Elements might become corrupt. One simple fix to a variety of problems is to delete the settings file and have Photoshop create a brand new one during next startup.
To do this hold down the following keys while the program starts:
Ctrl+Shift+Alt
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IT
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Can't get Photoshop Elements 11 to install.
... Adobe Installer message: Installer failed to initialize. This could be due to a missing file. Please download Adobe Support Advisor to detect the problem.
... Adobe Support Advisor message "Inspection could not identify any issues. Please contact Adobe Support for further assistance. http://www.adobe.com/support."
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 11.0 cpsid_90243r4: Error DW020 or DW050 occurs during installation - Creative Suite 5.5, Flash CS5.5, Flash Builder 4.5
Click here for details and corrective actions related to this issue.
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Sorry for the inconvenience. The first troubleshooting for this error is to update the Adobe Application Manager. Please install the latest version of Adobe Application manager from the below link and try to start the installation.
http://www.adobe.com/applicationmanagerpatch/index.html
Revert back if you are getting the same error. Please also mention the version of the product, the platform name and version that you are using.
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