Photoshop no longer can open or create new files

I'm using CS3 on Windows. I had Photoshop open with 2 small PSDs: I individually closed each window. I then tried to open a PNG from my desktop: nothing happens. I'm on a single monitor setup running at my max resolution (1920x1200). It literally looks like it does when you first launch PS and there's no files open. So I shut it down and tried again: same thing. Shut it down and relaunched it: can't even make a new file, it has the exact same behavior: dialogs open and are interactible but after clicking "OK" there's nothing, as if I just opened the app. Yes, it's a legit copy. I did a search and tried the voodoo that people claimed fixed their problem (such as changing the default printer, etc) and none of it works. I had it happen a week ago as well and had no idea how it fixed itself. It just one day started working again. This is so irritating. I guess I'm going to have to use MS Paint now to view my PNGs.

psilocyn wrote:
I'm using CS3 on Windows. I had Photoshop open with 2 small PSDs: I individually closed each window. I then tried to open a PNG from my desktop: nothing happens. I'm on a single monitor setup running at my max resolution (1920x1200). It literally looks like it does when you first launch PS and there's no files open. So I shut it down and tried again: same thing. Shut it down and relaunched it: can't even make a new file, it has the exact same behavior: dialogs open and are interactible but after clicking "OK" there's nothing, as if I just opened the app. Yes, it's a legit copy. I did a search and tried the voodoo that people claimed fixed their problem (such as changing the default printer, etc) and none of it works. I had it happen a week ago as well and had no idea how it fixed itself. It just one day started working again. This is so irritating. I guess I'm going to have to use MS Paint now to view my PNGs.
Maybe a dialog is off screen. Have you tried pressing Esc when "nothing Happens"?
Did you really reset your preferences as described in the FAQ?
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults.

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