PSE10 Crashing

Hi,
I'm running PSE10 on a mac (mountain lion). I downloaded a trial version of photoshop so I haven't used it in a month. I deleted it because it seemed to be slowing my system down (and didn't want to pay for it!). I just launched PSE10 tonight and tried to open a .png file. Little rainbow ball just keeps spinning and spinning! I've opened .jpg and they open just fine. I opened a .jpg and then saved as a .png and get the same thing. I uninstalled the program, re-installed it and restarted the computer. Still same thing. Any advice on what's happening here? Thanks!

Okay, that's no problem then. (It's really not a "cleanup" program.) I was
concerned that you might have used something like clean script.~I'm a
recovering pc user, lol, so that was the only term I knew how to explain
what I did!
Go to your username>library>preferences and delete:
com.adobe.PhotoshopElements.plist~deleted
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Paths~deleted
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 settings~deleted
Also, com.adobe.ElementsOrganizer10.plist (you'll have a couple of files
like this) and any lockfiles with the same names as the ones you
deleteed.~deleted but don't know what lockfiles are?
That library is hidden in 10.7 and 10.8. To see it, in the Finder, click
the Go menu at the top of the screen and hold down the option key. It will
appear below the little house for your user account. While you're in there
also go to the saved application states folder and delete everything you
can find for PSE.~deleted & thanks for the explanation!!
~There were a lot of other adobe things in there, should I delete those as
well? Should I restart the computer too?
Thanks so much for the excellent details!

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PSE10 Crashes when searching for duplicate photos

Hello,
I recently upgraded to PSE10 and imported my catalog from a different machine (which had been running XP). Unfortunately, I ended up with a bunch of duplicate entries in the catalog, one with the path c:\users\... the other with c:\my documents\... These paths both point to the same image on the hard drive.
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Any idea why this might be happening, and is there a different way I can remove the duplicate entries in the catalog?
Thanks,
Chris
Full system info:
Elements Organizer 10.0.0.0
Core Version: 10.0 (20110914.m.17521)
Language Version: 10.0 (20110914.m.17521)
Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: My Photos
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\My Photos\
Catalog Size: 52.3MB
Catalog Cache Size: 391.7MB
System:
Operating System Name: Windows 7
Operating System Version: 6.1
System Architecture: Intel CPU Family:6 Model:5 Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP
Built-in Memory: 3.8GB
Free Memory: 705.3MB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: Not installed
Adobe Reader Version: 10.1
Adobe Acrobat Version: Not installed
CD and DVD drives:
F: (hp DVDRAM BUS: 1 ID: 1 Firmware: GT20L)

If I understand well, what you are calling 'duplicates' are duplicate entries in the catalog, the same media being called either by its original path+filename or shortcut path+filename.
The organizer will try open two different files to compare them, but when trying to open the second 'shortcut', the file will be already blocked (in use). That could explain the failure of the comparison for similarity.
Try creating a new catalog with similar images, for instance jpegs and png copies. Does the visual search work ?
About backup and restore : If my supposition is right, that should work if you try to restore to a new custom location with keeping the file structure : the backup should create real file duplicates on different paths. If it works, finding visual duplicate should work, although this process may take a very long time.

Organizer PSE10 crashes all the time - tried a number of tips from here but giving up.

I have a W7 64 bit system with quad core and 6gb ram. I also run Lightroom 3 with the latest updates.
I have Premiere Elements 10 both for video and photos and have had it for more than a year. It never worked well and has either been slow or crashed from the beginning. I am thinking this Adobe product is a very bad choice for video since in prior times I have had Elements for only photos.
Today, when I start everything up, the Organizer stops working and the program needs to be killed. Basically I can never use this.
I have tried multiple re-installs using both the 32 bit and 64 bit discs. I have selected to start with new preferences each time. I also have used the ctrl/alt/shift trick and have manually selected to start with new preferences. As soon as I point the Organizer to a directory that has either video or still files, the program stops working and needs to be killed.
I have come to realize that Adobe is too big of a company to care about the smaller consumer who uses these products. Why pay for a program like this at about $90 that does nothing at all for me, when Picasa handles this stuff just fine? You can tell this because there is a real absence of responses here by Adobe employees who could really help.
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OK I can understand using Organizer for video as the auto-analyzer enables the use of the smart tools for audio and vision in Premiere Elements.
Are you able to launch the Organizer successfully from Premiere? Try launching Premiere Elements and testing from a blank canvas by selecting New Project and choosing a name like Test. Then Click Get Media >> Elements Organizer
Let us know if that makes any difference.
The only other suggestion is to start a new catalog for your video files
File >> Catalog >> New
If you have a very large catalog of stills in Lightroom, avoiding duplication in PSE would make running the smaller Organizer catalog more efficient.

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Error message:
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
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Go to your username>library>preferences and delete:
com.adobe.PhotoshopElements.plist
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 settings
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 paths
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Now with his new system, he only has PSE10 installed, and when he adds a song from iTunes to a PSE10 slideshow, it freezes and crashes.
I don't have the computer in front of me, and these are notes coming from him. Any ideas? Is there some conversion utility or codec he might be missing? When installing PSE10, it was simply installed from Disc 2(the x64 disc), and no other disc was inserted. Again, PSE8 is not installed. He is using Win7 x64.
Thanks gents!
-Blacker.

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Log Name:
Application
Source:
Application Error
Date:
6/17/2012 2:43:28 PM
Event ID:
1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:
Error
Keywords:
Classic
User:
N/A
Computer:
KenMary-office
Description:
Faulting application PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe, version 10.0.0.0, time stamp 0x4e5e9821, faulting module BreezeDB.dll, version 2.0.1.1, time stamp 0x4c7c52ec, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00023fa6, process id 0x1318, application start time 0x01cd4cd20c7d9d2c.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-06-17T21:43:28.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>93684</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>KenMary-office</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe</Data>
<Data>10.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>4e5e9821</Data>
<Data>BreezeDB.dll</Data>
<Data>2.0.1.1</Data>
<Data>4c7c52ec</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>00023fa6</Data>
<Data>1318</Data>
<Data>01cd4cd20c7d9d2c</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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Annoying crashes of PSE10 in Windows 8 Pro x64

Hi,
i recently bought a new PC with Win8Pro x64 and after installing LR4 and PSE10 i really can't use PSE without continously crashing.
Win8 is completely fresh installed so please don't advise me to reinstall it ;-)
Is there a incompatiblity with Win8?
Are there any bugfixes or Updates? I installed it from the DVD and when i search for updates i only get a new RAW Converter plugin which of course doesn't solve my problem.
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Thanks
Daniel

Adobe officially does not support PSE10 on Win 8. Though it supports PSE11.
~V

Old computer crashed. Where can I download PSE10?

I want to install PS Elements 10 on my new computer (old one bit it), but can't find a download page for v10 on your website.Old

PSE 10, 11 - http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/photoshop-elements-10-11-downloads.html

Is there a known problem with Nik Software Plugins and PSE10

I replaced my PC with a new 64-bit Windows 7 workstation. Have used PSE10 for a while for my cataloging and editing and I did 'trial' individual Nik Software plugins on my old Vista PC for a while. I decided to purchase the Nik Software collection and also to take the plunge and go to Lightroom 4 as well. I put PSE10 on my new PC as well because I want to consider how I might modify my workflow to use both in conjunction (perhaps LR4 for cataloging and PSE10 for editing)
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On a side issue, the retailer I bought Nik Software from sent me no product keys (they sent me Apple Aperture keys) - now they are about to replace my delivery with a fresh issue and proper keys ... but if I run into the same problems again, I dont know what to do. This leads me to looking for some definitive advice from those in the know!
Should I forget about buying Nik Software plugins altogether?
I see a download is available for LR4-2 .. does anyone know if this fixes Nik Plugin issues there?
I am minded to go the route of using LR4 as my cataloging preference but to call PSE10 Editor for editing and have all my plugins operate out of PSE10, but I could not get the plugins to work with PSE10 as mentioned. How does one get them to work?
Is there some workaround or special "way" or "order" to install things ???
I'm still waiting days for some support from Nik Software ... but they are just going to say there is nothing wrong with their product (and the web seems to concur)
Any help would be appreciated on the PSE10 Issue.

17/10/2012. I installed the update - Lightroom 4.2
It keeps the same product key and found the catalog and the Windows Control Panel only seems V4.2 so the original has been replaced with this upgrade.
This would be the first time I put down Lightroom with Photoshop Elements V.10 already there on the system and I suspect this might have helped with better integration between the 2 products.
I made sure I then opened Photoshop Elements V10 and I could edit an image (that the Organizer invocation to Photoshop Elements Editor did sucessfully load the image) and I could use existing plugins like Topaz and Noiseware. Also I made sure Lightroom 4.2 could use "Edit with Photoshop Elements " and it did.
The supplier who had sent me the wrong Nik Software product keys, sent me a corrected version with product keys for Lightroom
Several web articles I read on Nik Software plugins may be misleading (for example there is one on DPReview) which state that Nik Software plugins are compatable with Photoshop (the main product) but are NOT compatable with Photoshop Elements v10. I can tell anyone who uses Photoshop Elements 10 that they ARE compatable with Photoshop Elements 10, but it can be a little tricky to get them going.
This is how I sucessfully managed to get the Nik Software Plug-ins
working (finally) on both Lightroom and Photoshop Elements v10 at the same time
Remember my scenario ... I am putting together a new 64 bit Windows 7 PC and I want to be able to continue to use my Photoshop Elements v10 and also to delve into Lightroom for the first time. I had read all the blurb on Nik Software and it said the plugins were compatable with both and I had downloaded and tested some of them on an old PC anyway, so I knew the principle of installation and operation.
I had just bought the Nik SOftware Complete Collection in September 2012.
The box and the CD they come with .... this is where one of the problems is. Let me explain...
Step 1:
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Some of the components on the CD are up to date .. and when you elect to install them the sofware tells you that it has found both Lightroom 4.2 and Photoshop Elements V10 and it installs the plugins no problem and they work. Make sure (in these cases) you take their defaults as to the locations the plugins are instlled to. Typically the dual install works for the following components
Nik Color Efex Prov V4
Nik Silver Efex V2
and the plugins go to
for Photoshop Elements v10 C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 10\Plug-Ins\
for Lightroom 4 C:\users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\External Editor Presets\
After each of the above 2 installs finished I invoked Photoshop Elements v10 first and opened an image in Editor and made sure the plugin was working and inserted my product key and activated it over the web. I then made sure it was also working in Lightroom 4.2 - it was!
Step 2:
=======
When it came to installing the Sharpener 3 component off the vendor's CD, it displayed NEITHER of the two applications on its compatability list at all. And there was no "+" sign where one can add one manually. Furthermore if you continue with setup.exe it crashes. I closed the EXE and confirmed there was no plugin in Photoshop Elements v10 as expected for Sharpener.
But when I went into Lightroom 4.2 it shows me the 2 Sharpener entities (the RAW and Output one). And I used it and proved the plugins were working through Lightroom 4.2 and I inserted my product key for it when invoking it for the first time via Lightroom 4.2 as well.
Then I went onto the Nik Software download site and downloaded a more updated version which was Sharpener Version 3.01. When I ran the installer from this download it actually does see and show both Photoshop Elements v10 and Lightroom 4.2 as "compatable" and it installed the plugins from that .. and they both work ... even though I had it working already (seemingly) from the CD install I obviously installed over it and the plugin still works in Lightroom 4.2. It also works now in Photoshop Elements v10. Only issue I had here was I had to re-insert my product key and activate it when I used the plugin via Photoshop Elements v10 for the first time... but if that is the extent of a techincal difficulty - I would take it anytime!.
Step 3:
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When it came to installing Viveza 2 off the CD, it only saw Lightroom 4.2 as compatable. I did something similar in this case. I let it install to Lightroom 4.2 as a plugin and proved it worked and activated its produvt key. Then I downloaded V2.009 off the website. I re-installed from it (over the Lightroom 4.2 one obvously again) and it now also sees Photoshop Elements 10 as compatable and installs correctly. Strangely enough I did not have to enter my product key a second time when I went to invoke the plugins via Photoshop Elements v10 in this case. What the hell! - the subtleties of software!
Step 4:
=======
Dfine 2.0 - the setup for the CD again finds NEITHER of the 2 applications on its compatablity list, but it put it into Lightroom 4.2 anyway (like the Sharpener component behaved) and I proved it worked. Then I downloaded version 2.112 from the Nik Software website and it finds both applications compatable. Also I did have to re-enter my product key when first invoking the plugin via the Photoshop Elements v10 editor (like as in the case of Sharpener)
Step 5:
=======
HDR Efex Pro (which comes on the vendors CD with a promise to a free upgrade to HDR Efex Pro 2) .... the setup.exe sees Lightroom 4.2 as compatable but does not see Photoshop Elements v10. Be careful ... this component is NOT A PLUGIN ... to see and use it in Lightroom 4 you must select photos and then do menu option EXPORT WITH PRESET HDR EFEX PRO. It does not work as a plugin within Photoshop Elements (any version) . I obtained my free upgrade too and it works from Lightroom. Dont even try to configure it manually as a plugin for Elements. Instead if you save files as JPG or TIFF you can open the EXE directly in the Program Files area (if you have 64 bit make sure to open that EXE not the 32 bit one) and you can use it in standalone mode. There is only one menu option within HDr Efex Pro when using it this way ... File-Open.
So to conclude ... (leaving HDR Efex aside because we know it will not plugin to Elements) ... I have them all working in both Lightroom and Elements. As I begin to learn Lightroom and move away from Elements for cataloging and edits, I know I can invoke most of my workflow plugins from both products. People say I should persist in Lightroom, but if for some reason I dont, I have the fall back position of having everything working out of Elements 10 anyway. It's been a bit of chore getting to this point, but others might find my workaround useful.

Unable to set Outlook as Email Client in PSE10

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In the PSE10 preferences, I've discovered the only option for Email clients appears to be Adobe Email Service - Outlook is not listed. There is no "refresh list" option.
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OK..
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Tried the solution recommended in the Microsoft KB article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813745 (from the PSE forum posting here - http://forums.adobe.com/message/5117353#5117353).
First ran the "fix it for me" - which stopped when it realized I did not have a supported version of Outlook (apparently it's only good to Outlook 2010), warned me, and dropped out.
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Yeah, there's something screwed up with PSE10 on your machine.
The only other things to try (and these are just guesses, so take them for what they're worth):
Uninstall PSE, reboot and re-install.
Re-set the PSE Preferences by holding down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys while starting PSE, and answering "Yes" to the prompt to delete the preferences.
Create a new standard user account in Windows and see if PSE works when you're logged in to that account.
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Yep, that "suggestion" wasn't indicated by the problem.
No to re-installing. Just delete these two files -- they're in the hidden "\ProgramData" directory, so you'll need to temporarily change your folder options to show hidden files.
"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\10.0\ThumbDatabase.db3"
"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\10.0\Locale\en_us\MediaDatabase.db3"
Start PSE, and wait while it automatically rebuilds those database files.
Added:
I changed the directory names to PSE10.
Ken
Message was edited by: photodrawken to correct typos.

Crashes when I try to print email with newly installed Epson.

I installed an Epson NX625 Sunday. Can print from Office (word, etc) and from '''some''' on-line sites but not from some email. For instance, I tried to print the Epson registration form but Foxfire crashed. I get "Mozilla Crash Reporter" form. Some emails I can print. In about:config, I reset the printer defaults at "print.print_printer"; I wonder if I should reset ALL the references to the old printer that are in that section; I hesitate to go too far. I wondered about removing and reinstalling Firefox but I don't want to lose all my bookmarks. I will not be using the old printer again.
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The only other things to try (and these are just guesses, so take them for what they're worth):
Uninstall PSE, reboot and re-install.
Re-set the PSE Preferences by holding down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys while starting PSE, and answering "Yes" to the prompt to delete the preferences.
Create a new standard user account in Windows and see if PSE works when you're logged in to that account.
Ken

Is Elements Organizer 9 robust (powerful) enough to organize 10,000 photos without crashing?

I'm scanning literally thousands of photos from my 40 years as a photographer. I'm currently using Elements Organizer 9 to keep them organized using keytags and dates. I want to know if I can trust this basket to hold ALL my "eggs". I'm afraid I may get a "corrupt catalog" error message and all my work will be null and void. I would love to switch to using Adobe Bridge but it's out of my price range right now as I'm home on disabnility with a torn shoulder.
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I have been using PSE6, PSE10, PSE11 and PSE12 with catalogs containing 50 000 items. There has been posts about users with more than 100 000 items. The organizer offers a good backup scheme.
I'm afraid I may get a "corrupt catalog" error message and all my work will be null and void. I would love to switch to using Adobe Bridge but it's out of my price range right now as I'm home on disabnility with a torn shoulder.
A 'corrupt' catalog is something very rare, but you'll see many posts about catalogs containing 'corrupt' media files (mainly videos). The risk is minimal if you regularly use the built-in tools to repair and optimize the catalog and do regular backups.
One of the main concerns about losing one's organization is about keywords, captions, tags and notes. The organizer lets you save those data to the files themselves, so that they are accessible to any other editing software.
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