PSE 5.0 Reconnection Problem
I have PSE 5.0 and I am having a problem reconnecting missing files. When I click on these pictures, it begins to search for the files, and even though the pictures are there, it never reconnects and the pictures are unusable and can't be opened or moved. Please help?
GrizzlyKiller wrote:
Thanks for your reply. I have already done that and it never can find the file. The problem is that these pictures are old and they are only in the Photo Shop program. There is no other place to find the files. They were never downloaded directly from a camera to make a file in my libraries. I am trying to get these into my libraries, but this problem stops me from doing that.
This is impossible. The photo had to exist at one time on one of your hard disks. It may still exist on one of your hard disks, so I suggest you search for it using Windows search.
If Windows search doesn't find it, then the photo is gone and you will not be able to use it in PSE5, or elsewhere. If Windows search does find it, then you can connect as Ken explained.
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psedbtool version 1.06
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Type : builtin_drive
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Total files missing : 9959
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Type : builtin_drive
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Total files missing : 0
Description : Video and Data
Serial : 385D-836B
Drive_path_if_builtin: E:
Type : builtin_drive
Id : 232926
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Total files : 0
Total files missing : 0
Description : database relative
Serial : amoc:database_relative_volume
Drive_path_if_builtin:
Type : database_relative_drive
Id : 2
Path used by PSE : L:
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Total files : 2259
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Drive Type Serial Path
C: builtin_drive 44D4-E7D9
D: readonly_drive 6FA2-0553
E: builtin_drive 385D-836B
F: removable_drive 0000-0000
G: removable_drive 0000-0000
H: removable_drive 0000-0000
I: removable_drive 0000-0000
J: removable_drive 0000-0000
K: builtin_drive 1051-B51C
L: builtin_drive 2C40-8AE1
M: builtin_drive 6892-2C47
Z: network_drive 0000-0000 \\192.168.1.109\memory_card\
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So two suggestions:
1. Go back to the original PC and use the backup/restore method to move your photos from the old to the new computer:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Move_your_photos_1
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2. Reassign the drive letter of the current M (6892-2C47) to something different, e.g. O. Then reassign the drive letter of the current L to be M, so it matches what's in the catalog:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844
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David,
I have an Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Adobe Premiere Elements 11
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I recently received a birthday gift of both software programs.
Following Adobe instructions, I attempted to use Adobe Download Assistant.
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"This e-mail address is already in use. Please use a different e-mail
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Previously, I have had some contact with Adobe. Never have I had any
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As I am anxious to use both Photoshop Elements 11 and Premiere Elements 11,
I would greatly appreciate any assistance you might have to offer.
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[signature removed by forum host]David,
Thank you for your kind assistance.
I really appreciate all you are attempting to do for me.
John
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Hey all,
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Hi Bob
Thanks for coming back to me so quick, I will try & explain the problem in
more detail.
I have all of the photos in My Catalogue tagged ie 2009 Holiday, Mothers
Birthday etc so that by selecting the tag and then display in full screen I
can show them in a slide show to friends & family. This has always worked
well until last week when I called up a slide show of a past holiday the
pictures were very pixelated. All photos are not affected. Some holidays I
select in slide show are ok. If I look at individual pictures in my
catalogue most are ok but many are pixelated. Any pictures that have not
been adjusted in PSE 7 are ok.
Any picture viewed in full screen in slide show has in the top left pop up
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pictures have a % 350 - 450%.
I originally had Elements 2 but upgraded to PSE 7 when I changed to Vista
because of album problems, apart from problems converting my catalogue
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problem slide shows are random throughout but appear to be trouble free up
to about the end of 2004. ie a holiday slide show before then seems to be
ok. The latest photos put into the catalogue this month, post upgrade & post
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original displays ok. I hope that this more fully explains my problem but if
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Regards
David -
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Don S. -
Hi!
I am trying to make backups of my catalogues to a separate hard drive.
Two out of three catalogues goes ok, but the last one makes PSE to hang after 64%, no matter how many times I try.
I have repaired the catalog, runned defrag + diskcheck on the (source) drive, tried to different target locations, all without any better result.
Anyone having any suggestions?
Computer is PC, Win7
Regards, PeterPeter,
I am not an expert but is the problem catalog much larger than the ones that do work? How long do you wait?
I'm not sure but I think that the progress bar is worked out on the number of files. During the first 60%, PSE is copying the XML and XMP files which are quite small. The last 40% or so is when it copies the actual images which cam be quite large. If you have say 1000 pictures then each 1% can be about 300 images and if they are 2Mb, we are talking about the time to copy 500MB of data.
(hope I have my calculations correct)
Brian -
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forgive me I am not very compure savey but I can get through something if someone walks me through it... so please bear with me.
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