Resetting preferences?

I recently had an automatic update to my OS 10.8.5 and now cannot use third party applications (not purchased through Apple Store). Prompt told me to change settings in preferences: secutiry - but I find no way to do so.

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The save for the web function has stopped working in my copy of photoshop elements 12. I get this message, " The operation could not be completed. The system cannot find the path specified" Resetting preferences did not fix.

The save for the web function has stopped working in my copy of photoshop elements 12. I get this message, “ The operation could not be completed. The system cannot find the path specified” Resetting preferences did not fix.

my os is windows 7. elements 12 worked fine for many months then save for the web stopped working

Bridge CC freezes and I cannot reset preferences

Built a new PC with Win 8.1. Downloaded CC. Bridge, which I use professionally, keeps stalling. Using arrow keys on keyboard to navigate photos doesn't work: push an directional arrow key and Bridge goes into clocking mode (freezes while mouse cursor spins). Bridge has crashed multiple times causing my PC to reboot.
The Adobe Help suggests resetting Preferences by pushing Shift+Ctrl+Alt. I do that and Bridge goes into clocking mode, but the reset preferences dialog never appears.
Steps I've taken so far:
The CC component is installed on my SSD drive, while all of the CC apps are on my WD Black hard drive. I noticed Bridge is using cache on the SSD. I created a new cache dir on the WD hard drive, but that didn't resolve anything.
I disabled all startup scripts. No improvement.
I uninstalled and re-installed Bridge. No improvement.

Having spent my entire day troubleshooting, I have determined that I am combating 2 separate issues:
1) Bridge CC freezing when navigating menus and photos, lengthy freezing when navigating photos in Content window with arrow keys. <-- RESOLVED
2) Bridge CC and LightBridge CC crashing and causing PC to reboot when attempting to utilize cache containing RAW photos.
For #1, I have nearly identified the culprit. I removed the brand new Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 video card and uninstalled the GeForce 344.11 driver set, and am now using the onboard video (Intel Graphics HD). I re-installed Bridge CC and now the freezing has completely vanished. So the issue is either the latest driver or the GeForce card itself, or both. I plan to return the card.
For #2, I think the issue is totally associated to the Adobe cache mechanism. Screenshot of LR error after LR crashed and PC rebooted...

Help with Sort sequence and reset preferences

Hi,
I have checked the "sort" checkboxes and the "sort sequence" in my first 5 columns of the sql report. The sequence are straight 1,2,3,4,5.
I have also create two buttons. The first one that will trigger a pl/sql that would execute RESET_USER_PREFERENCES built-in package, and a second button that just submit. The page submit to itself by default.
It appears that the Reset Preferences does not follow the "sort sequences". Take a look at: http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=15031:2:
Check what happen with the second column OBJECT NAME: I expect to see CUSTOM_AUTH first and then CUSTOM_HASH second once you Reset User Preferences. Interesting is that when I just press the refresh button, then i get what I want, but i think that is just coincidence as there is not guarantee that the data are going to be displayed in that order once you start deleting and inserting in the middle.
Any help in order to understand the "sort sequences" concept is appreciated.
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Caps lock stuck on PSE 12 I already reset preferences and reset tool

I've tried resetting the type tool and reseting my preferences on relaunch and Its still stuck in CAPs lock ... cannot add text to my layouts in lowercase
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I would reset the pse 11 preferences by going to Photoshop (Edit)>Preferences>General, clicking on Reset Preferences on next launch and then restarting pse 11

Is there a script that will reset preferences in Illustrator?

I'm using Illustrator CS6 and Illustrator CC on both Mac and PC. Holding down Ctrl-Alt-Shift or Command-Option-Shift while launching Illustrator does not work to reset the preferences.
Does anyone know an easy way to reset preferences?

Move the complete folder out of there:
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/preference-file-location-illustrator.html
You can trash it immediately, but you can also wait if this move solves your proble and then maybe delete it afterwards.

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How to reset Preference settings in Acrobat to default settings.

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Reset preferences on next launch

How do I reset my preferences? My "add glow" is giving me a dark grey, grainy effect instead of the usual glow effect. I tried ctrl, shift and alt but nothing comes up and when I go to my general preferences the "reset preferences on next launch" button is not there.
Please help

Try the following steps:
1. Launch Welcome Screen
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Command+Option+Shift on Mac). Click on big Editor button.
3. It will launch a dialog to reset preferences
See if this works for you.

Colour Picker gone, resetting Preferences didn't do anything

Windows installed an update, and when I opened PS CS6, my colour picker was gone. Instead I have tiny sliding bars which are of no use to me at all.
I've tried resetting preferences, holding Ctrl+Alt+Shift didn't do anything, and I've tried for a few minutes to get the dialogue box up. I manually searched my hard drive for a preference file, deleted it, and that didn't do anything either. I went into preferences and the Adobe colour picker is selected. I get it when I click on the colour boxes in the lower left corner, but it's no longer showing up as an option on my task bar like it was yesterday. I have no option to change the currently sliders to anything but different colour settings.
None of the solutions I've read have helped so far.

Which version of windows are you using?
Could you post a screenshot?

ReSetting preferences for a project?

I think things got scrambled, and I need to go back and reset preferences for a project. Shot on Canon 5D II, want to work at 1920x1080.
Does anyone know of a good online source for the way things should be reset at this point?
Many thanks.

What is wrong with the project?
You could use MediaManager and use the 'create offline' option rather than copy or move. Then create a new project and set the sequence settings to what you want.
Or just use cmd-0 to change the sequence settings directly.
That's just my immediate responses based on a lack of info.
Pi

Resetting Preferences the eazy way

It seems the universal cure for just about any problem in InDesign is "resetting the preferences". It sounds like Adobe decided to add this option in a rather obfuscated way -- something you could have customer support tell clients over the phone, and impress the hell out of them. Well, it bit them right back, as it seems everyone needs to do that every now and then.
To reset preferences, start your InDesign
b pressing Shift, Control, and Alt keys down.
Now, with these keys down, you cannot start the program by double-clicking, so you have to start it and
i then
whack those keys as fast as you can. As InDesign should ask you on startup whether you wish to reset or not, this expert advice is usually followed by "... if it doesn't, you weren't fast enough."
A tip for the slow of hand: locate the program on your desktop or in your Start menu, press-and-hold the three magic buttons, right-click InDesign with the mouse and select "Open".

The usual caveats about saving all your presets to external files FIRST so you don't lose them continue to apply (you do that by selecting them in the various "define" dialogs and clicking "save"). Resetting preferences removes all the custom stuff you added (though your workspaces and keyboard shortcut sets will be safe) and you'll need to reload document and printer presets after doing this.
You can also find the two files InDesign Defaults and InDesign SavedData in your user profile (you'll need to show hidden files in Explorer) and simply rename them with ID closed. They'll be replaced, but not destroyed, when ID restarts (without fumbling with the keyboard) and if it should turn out new prefs don't fix whatever was wrong, you can shut down ID and go back to Explorer, delete the new files, and rename the old ones back.
Where, you ask, are these files? With so many versions of InDesign and Windows it's getting too complex to list all of the locations (but they will always be in your user profile). In CS and CS2 they will be together under something like Application Settings\Adobe\InDesign\[version]\ for CS3 the defaults will be there, and the saved data will be somewhere like Local Settings\Application Settings\Adobe\InDesign\[version]\caches, and CS4 adds another level (folder) with your language, like en-US, to the path. A file search in Explorer that includes hidden files should turn them up wherever they are hiding.
Finally, once you have a set of defaults that seems to be what you want and working smoothly, go find those two files and save copies somewhere safe (and someplace you'll remember). Use the copies to replace the current set any time you have doubts.
Peter

Indesign resetting preference

Hi everyone, every time a restart my mac, indeisgn resets preferences, so dynamic spelling, measurements etc are all reverted to default.
However my panels layout remains.
Can anyone advise how I can stop this happening? (Mountain lion 10.8.2, aka the Turd)
Cheers

Actually I did install OSX Server because I have been having no end of issues with time machine, server corrects this issue.
PErhaps this has caused issues? To be honest the whole system 'feels' unstable if you know what I mean, aperture keeps falling over and it goes on a spotlight index a lot!

Toolbar reset / preferences are not saved

Preferences are not being saved and the Firefox Updated tab shows every time. I updated to 5.0 a while ago, but have just recently started having this problem. I cannot think of any programs I have recently installed.
I updated all my plugins, but currently have everything disabled.
I do not have a Prefs.js or User.js file in my profile folder (and I made sure to show all hidden files). I am not sure if that might be causing the issue.
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*https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Preferences%20are%20not%20saved
*https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Toolbar%20keeps%20resetting?s=toolbar+reset&as=s
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Hey Willy,
Sorry, that was the first thing that came to my mind.
Maybe if you restart and login to that account try those settings you want to do and restart again to see if that works ( it's what i do when i use windows ).
Might or might not work. Just a thought.
cheers..

Help with Resetting Preferences in Lightroom

I have a new iMac OS-X 10.8 .. I am having trouble with the Adjustment Brush [basically the sliders are not functioning correctly].     I have previously fixed the problem by resetting the Preferences, that is "deleting" the com.adobelightroom.plist file, then restarting Lightroom.       However I've gone to Library, Preferences on the new iMac and I can't see any .plist file for Adobe Lightroom 3 or Adobe Photoshop CS.5.
I also have Lightroom 4 loaded on the same computer but can't even see any com.Adobe ... .plist files for that either???
Am I looking in the wrong place ..
HELP!!       I might add that this Adjustment Brush problem seems to reoccur regularly????
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

You may need to unhide some folders so that you can see Library under your User Name. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4176215?start=0&tstart=0 then you should be able to navigate to it.

My interface has disappeared after resetting preferences

iMac
CS5 Illustrator
Held down cmmd, shift, alt to delete preferences, after opening up a previous document all my tools are gone (unable to pull them out from the dropout menu), as well as options for effects, and well.....everything. How can I get it all back?

mhossey,
Cmd+Option+Shift should reset the preferences to the defaults rather than remove them, of course.
Ultimately, you may have to uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool, and reinstall, see 6) below, but you may try other things, such as 4) on the list below.
Less likely, everyone has escaped to the sides, in which case you may increase the screen resolution to see them and round them up in the middle and then decrease the resolution again.
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Aperture resetting preferences on launch

My Aperture preferences are constantly being reset when launching Aperture. For example, the following preferences:
View > Inspector > Swap Position
Preferences > General > Automatically stack new versions
View > Hide Toolbar
Aperture > Commands > Custom Command Set
Preferences > Export > External Editor > CS6
Preferences > Export > External Editor File Format > TIFF16BIT
And more. Whenever I launch Aperture I must reset every one of these, every time : ( Any ideas?
Graham
grahamclarkphoto.com

Graham,
this looks, like Aperture is unable to write the preferences file or your presets.
See the Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics on how to remove the com.apple.aperture.plist file from the Preferences folder and how to remove the command presets.
You did not say, what your Aperture version and your MacOS X version are. In MacOS X 10.7.x your user library is hidden. You open it best from the Finder's "Go" menu, from the main menu bar:
Go > Go to folder then hold down the alt/option key until the library appears in the drop down menu. Select it to open.
Also, with the new process model in Lion and Mt. Lion I'd log off and on again, before removing preferences files. Quitting an application alone will not always suffice to terminate the processes.
Regards
Léonie

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