PSE7 Organizer does not start properly, screen flashes, PC stops

Hello. I can't find this problem mentioned on the forum.
I've used PSE4 and 5 in the past without problems. Have just completed a clean install of PSE7 (no PS or PSE previously installed on this system, a ThinkPad T60 with 2MB). The Editor runs fine.
I ran the Organizer once, set some preferences, pointed it at a small number of images to import, then the whole screen started flashing and soon my system stopped in its tracks - no blue screen.
Now, when I try and start the Organizer, it spends maybe half a minute "Generating thumbnails" without success (all the thumbnails have egg timers on them). It uses 50% CPU. It still says "Generating thumbnails" after half a minute or so when the screen starts flashing and the system crashes again.
Any ideas?

Fixed. Thank you John.
I renamed the preferences file but that made no difference.
So I repaired the catalog (errors were found) and optimized it. When I started the Organizer, thumbnails were displayed (that's progress) but then the screen-flashing started again (whole screen, as usual, not just the Organizer window). Before I could close the Organizer, my system stopped with a blank, black screen, and no response to any input. I had to hold the power button to power down. On reboot, it blue-screened. On next reboot it started normally.
So I created a new catalog and the Organizer started fine. Then I set it off getting photos from a folder of folders of jpegs (with the odd txt and other file type). After a few seconds, the screen-flashing started again, and I quickly closed the Organizer.
When I restarted it, the catalog was empty, so I had it get just one folder of photos at a time. On the very last one, the problem started again. I found an AVI file that I'd overlooked, removed it, and the problem went away. The AVI was one I recorded on a digital compact.
The Help for Organizer says:
"The Organizer catalogs video AVI files properly, but audio AVI files are shown as broken video thumbnail icons. However, they will play correctly."
Hmmm...doesn't seem to be the case for me. Even if AVIs were unsupported or known to cause problems, I would never expect to see the symptoms I did.
Hopefully my experience will help others. Incidentally, I run XP Pro SP3, fully updated.

Similar Messages

  • What can I do when  in Photoshop Elements (version 11) the organizer does not start up??

    !@@

    Yes, thanks a lot. I understand now.
    I now am able to open the old catalog again!! I tried now several times with the new shortcut.
    Thank you very much indeed for ALL YOUR EFFORT and patients with me.
    You suggest now I should click on the repair button. When I do so, the catalog will be overwritten, or I can choose not to overwrite and than the catalog will be twice as big. So I decided not to click on the repair button. When I see afterwards that some functions do not work anymore, I allways can use the repair button. As far as I can see now nothing is lost.. )
    As far as I understood it is only possible to repair with a backup. Happily I made that allways, but I am afraid to use it, for the reason above.
    When I have more time to spare, I will look for all the foto's from the apps of my cellphone and delete them.
    Now I can finish my fotowork, what I had started before, and make Photoshop Elements again the main fotoprogram on my desktop.
    Thank you again! Trees
    Van: Little_Pale_Face 
    Verzonden: woensdag 1 april 2015 21:53
    Aan: Trees kaizer
    Onderwerp:  What can I do when  in Photoshop Elements (version 11) the organizer does not start up??
    What can I do when  in Photoshop Elements (version 11) the organizer does not start up??
    created by Little_Pale_Face <https://forums.adobe.com/people/Little_Pale_Face>  in Photoshop Elements - View the full discussion <https://forums.adobe.com/message/7396555#7396555>

  • My I Mac does not start properly without pressing option and apple keys ,and it freezes

    My I Mac does not start properly without pressing option and apple keys ,and it freezes

    Try any of the following:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM  
    Disconnect all devices from the computer then do the following:
    Boot up from your Snow Leopard Install DVD while holding down the "c" key.
    Select the language you wish to use, and then choose "Disk Utility" from the menu bar.
    Your HD should appear in a panel on the left hand side of the window which opens. Select it and then click on the "repair disk" button in the right hand section of the window.
    Once this process has been completed restart your computer and repair permissions directly from Disk Utility.
    If Disk Utility is unable to complete the repair, you will need to use a stronger 3rd party utility like DiskWarrior, Techtool PRO (not Deluxe) or Drive Genius.
    Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball/freezing & crashing 

  • Start-up screen flashing, apple,stop,?

    what does 'start-up screen flashing, apple,stop,?' in Leopard iMacOSX 10.5.7, mean ???
    How do we fix it ???,, computer had been working fine ....'safe mode' says
    "mach_kernel' file won't open.../kernelcache_6a129E2A ..
    david

    Follow the steps after Safe Boot, at > Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

  • Macbook white 2006 does not start - black screen - no chime

    Hi,
    i got a problem here, my macbook white late 2006 does not start, i dont hear a chime just the DVD room trying to eject something but nothing is in it.
    I tried to put a dvd and reinstall os but it just spins the dvd and ejects it while the black screen is on.
    i tried SMC, PRAM reset still nothing happend , black screen still on.
    I hear the HDD spinning and the light indicatior it white all the time, i even tried to replace the ram to another slot but nothing and i tried to disconnect the DVD drive and still does not boot up.
    can someone help me?
    thanks

    The sad truth is: Buy a new or second hand one.

  • Satellite A200 does not start up - LED flashing error

    I have problem with my Satellite A200.
    The battery button is flashing 2 times blue and 2 times orange and it does not start.
    Can somebody help me???????

    Hi
    Please check this interesting document: What can I do if my computer will not Power On?
    If the problem persists please let us know.

  • My mac book pro does not start properly. It goes past logo then grey screen I cannot access my

    MMy MacBook pro will not start up. It goes past the apple logo then only a grey screen, sometimes a blue one with vertical stripes. I have tried starting from a disc also by using different keys, but with the same result. At one point i heard three beeps then a pause repeated. Please help.

    See if you can run an Apple Hardware Test:
    http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257
    Note an error free AHT is not definitive.
    If addition to the possibility of a RAM problem, the vertical stripes on the blue screen is not a good sign.
    Ciao.

  • [SOLVED] samba does not start properly

    I have three machines ( desktop, laptop, and a mini-itx "homeserver" ), and I use samba shares on all the three machines.
    The homeserver is headless, does not have a DE, and launches samba properly any time.
    On the other machines, the samba service launches ( I can see it on the screen as arch starts ) but does not really start.
    I found that smbd is always running, but nmbd never starts when arch starts up.
    When the startup is complete, I type "/etc/rc.d/samba restart", and it launches the samba service properly, on both machines.
    The smb.conf file is identic on all the machines, except for the server string and the specific machine's share location/name
    What can be wrong? Why does nmbd not start on both machines? (Or why does it on the third?)
    Last edited by scar (2012-07-12 13:57:46)

    Samba is in my daemons array in rc.conf. I've already tried to start it in backround too ( @ ). Did not work.
    I've already tried the /etc/rc.local thing, but not with a sleep before the service start command.
    Will try it.
    Currently I'm using my laptop ( Wicd, not networkmanager , and the first post (skrooge) did not work.
    I'll  try it this evening with nm.

  • My macbook does not start, gray screen, apple and turning gear appears

    my macbook froze. then shut down the computer to clear the freeze condition. when trying to restart, the computer starts to boot,the apple appears on the screen, the gear rotates, however the computer does not continue to boot. can anyone help?

    That would normally indicate a problem with the Hard Drive.
    Do you have an Instal Disc to try to boot from? Hold the Mouse button down when powering up & eject if there's a Disc in it now.
    The fans going strong is a safety feature when no OS is loaded.
    Does it boot into any of these modes?
    Holding Option/alt key at bootup.
    Holding SHIFT key at bootup.
    Target mode...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
    Does it boot to Single User Mode, CMD+s keys at bootup, if so try...
    /sbin/fsck -fy
    Repeat until it shows no errors fixed.
    (Space between fsck AND -fy important).
    Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck...
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
    We might get clues with verbose mode...
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492

  • [SOLVED] samba does not start properly again -this time with systemd

    Definitely no luck with this one...
    So, today I've switched to a pure systemd init system, and noticed that I have this old issue again.
    (Link to my old thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142704)
    Samba doesn't start properly again, more precisely smbd is launched but not nmbd, so samba is not working as it should (for example smbtreee lists nothing).
    Last time I've solved it by putting samba long before networkmanager in the daemons array, but with systemd I'm a bit confused...
    Anyone has this issue?
    Last edited by scar (2012-11-03 07:05:42)

    I think that nmbd isn't waiting for networkmanager to start on my system, because I'm getting journal entries like
    Oct 31 00:47:21 spacebar winbindd[431]: [2012/10/31 00:47:21.556005, 0] param/loadparm.c:7969(lp_do_parameter)
    Oct 31 00:47:21 spacebar systemd[1]: nmbd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1
    Oct 31 00:47:21 spacebar systemd[1]: Unit nmbd.service entered failed state.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 20)
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar kernel: r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40]
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'Static'.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'Static'
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> (eth0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> (eth0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> (eth0): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete.
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started...
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar rpc.mountd[462]: Version 1.2.6 starting
    Oct 31 00:47:22 spacebar systemd[1]: Startup finished in 3s 850ms 155us (kernel) + 21s 279ms 972us (userspace) = 25s 130ms 127us.
    Oct 31 00:47:23 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> (eth0): device state change: ip-config -> activated (reason 'none') [70 100 0]
    Oct 31 00:47:23 spacebar ntpd_intres[441]: DNS 0.au.pool.ntp.org -> 116.66.160.39
    Oct 31 00:47:23 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Policy set 'Static' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
    Oct 31 00:47:23 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated.
    Oct 31 00:47:23 spacebar NetworkManager[391]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete.
    Oct 31 00:47:23 spacebar dbus[401]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' (using servicehelper)
    Oct 31 00:47:20 spacebar smbd[428]: [2012/10/31 00:47:20.771872, 0] param/loadparm.c:7969(lp_do_parameter)
    Oct 31 00:47:20 spacebar smbd[428]: Ignoring unknown parameter "user client driver"
    Oct 31 00:47:20 spacebar smbd[428]: [2012/10/31 00:47:20.794252, 0] lib/interface.c:543(load_interfaces)
    Oct 31 00:47:20 spacebar smbd[428]: WARNING: no network interfaces found
    Oct 31 00:47:20 spacebar smbd[428]: [2012/10/31 00:47:20.805126, 0] smbd/server.c:1109(main)
    Oct 31 00:47:20 spacebar smbd[428]: standard input is not a socket, assuming -D option
    Oh, this started happening after putting a MUCH faster cpu and motherboard in the system, so maybe there's a race-condition there?
    Last edited by MisterAnderson (2012-10-30 04:59:46)

  • A50 does not start properly

    My a50 after 3 hour use, failed.(it is new) suddenly a black screen came, fan working but pc was not responding to any action that i imply.
    After than when i want to start system,nothing happens just a black screen and a green system is on light. No fan, no hard disk movement.
    What can be the problem?

    Hi
    do you use the A50 with battery because after 3h the battery is empty!
    Did you try to remove battery? Unplug the power supply and remove battery for a short time and try to start again.
    Do you remember what are you done exactly when black screen came?
    Also a reinstallation of the Power saver can help!

  • Macbook Pro does not start properly

    I have a Mid 2010 15" Macbook Pro that requires 2-5 pushes of the power button to start after being off for more than1/2 hour.
    Once it does start i can power it off and back on again with no issues.
    I have reset smc and pram,changed ram, tested different ram banks,unplugged everything off logic board,tried just battery power,tried just ac power,
    tried both ac and with battery attached.All the updates have been installed on new install of Mavericks.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    You have taken all the "standard" troubleshooting steps.
    I suggest you take it in for diagnosis.
    Barry

  • Imac does not start white screen with apple logo.......

    Hi guys, my brand new Imac 21.5 got stuck on the white screen with apple logo and nonstop little wheel, but it never gets out of it....Disconnected everything else restarted but still nothing...stuck at the same screen. Please i need help, the machine is only 3 months old!!!

    Hi, do you have AppleCare?
    Call AppleHelp in any event 1-800-275-2273
    You could try booting from your discs (Disc#1) that came with your Mac -
    ...L

  • DB adapter does not start properly, status 'suspended'

    Hi all,
    I'm experiencing problems when starting multiple db adapters in my Interconnect 10.1.2. configuration on HP/UX.
    I start the adapters from the command line with the start script. The first two or three adapters start up completely, after that the next adapter commences startup, but the process seems to hang when it wants to subscribe to a message.
    From within ICManager, the adapter has status 'Suspended'. If I use ICManager to restart one of the running adapters, the one that was hanging resumes startup and is running fine after that. The adapter that was restarted also starts and all is up and running.
    However, when I use this scenario to start yet another adapter, the adapter that is restarted with ICManager doesn't start but seems to hang at the same point and gets status suspended!
    In COMPONENTINFO table in the ICHUB schema all adapters are visible.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
    Rob

    Hi,
    I have exactly the same problem.
    Do you remember how did you solve this problem ?
    Jack

  • Flash player does not work properly on Windows 7 32 bits

    Hello,
    My flash player does not work properly on Windows 7 32 bits with Firfox and IE8 (lasts versions).
    My Flash player version : 10.0.45.2, but I tried with version 9 too, with same problems.
    I have tried to uninstall, reboot, reinstall several times, ... witch did not worked.
    In fact, it works correctly on some sites, like youtube, but not on some others like :
    http://www.dailymotion.com/ => black screen instead of videos, right click gives flash context menu
    http://www.canalplus.fr/ => videos does not load, right click gives flash context menu
    http://www.myspace.com/ => no audio player, right click gives flash context menu
    some games in http://www.kongregate.com/ => black screen instead of games, right click gives flash context menu
    I have no problem with shockwave in http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/
    No problem too with flash player on http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
    But in the Global Privacy Settings panel (http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.htm l), I cannot change any settings :
    I cannot check boxes,
    My changes are not saved.
    In most of flash animations, videos, ...,
    when I click on parameters, I cannot do anything, even closing.
    when I am in full screen mode, the message "press escape to exit...." does not disappear.
    Last thing, all those problems was not there when I was on Windows XP, few weeks ago, and appear with my registered Windows 7 premium familly edition, with the same hardware configuration...
    Thank you for your help

    Hi eidnolb
    Thanks for your answer.
    This is what I have :
    Verify user permissions
    I have an administrator account.
    I tried (uninstall, install and run) with super-administrator account for same results
    Install the most current version.
    I am running the latest version (10.0.45.2)
    Run the Clean Installer to Fix 3rd Party Flash Player Cleaners
    I did not "clean" my computer.
    Troubleshoot Pop-up blockers
    I have no Pop-up or esle blocker  software.
    Ensure that Internet utilities do not block Flash Player
    I tried (uninstall, install and run) without Avast.
    I have windows 7 firewall. I do not know where I can allow ActiveX  controls and Flash (SWF) content. I do not see anything relative to ActiveX an Flash in allowed program list.
    Fix machine crashes when displaying Flash content
    I have no freez or crash.
    Using IE, Shockwave Flash Object is Enabled and vs 10.0.45.2
    Using FF, I have SWF vs  10.0.45.2 and it is Enabled
    I really do not understand !!
    Thanks,
    Ju'

Maybe you are looking for