Unable to launch Photoshop CS6

several programs in cs6 cloud subscription dont work at all and in the programs that do at least load some of the tools dont work. the latest is photoshop the text tool wont work

My guess would be a corrupt font on your system.
Have you installed all the updates for your programs?
And see: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-fonts-photoshop-cs5.html

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Yes, I know that! This version has been working fine since I purchased it
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It means what it says. The "computer person" formatted it wrongly/ unsuitably. it needs to be formatted again.
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Thanks Jeff - I decided to do a complete reinstall of Windows because of this issue and others with unwanted popups I accidentally downloaded. Hopefully things will go smoother the third time around, just as they did a few days ago when I did install PS CS6 without any problems.
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Atul_saini123 wrote:
Moving the discussion to Photoshop General Discussion forum.
Why to Photoshop the error seems to be from dreamweaver which has a support forum and The problem seems to have been addressed there Re: Unable to Launch Photoshop from Dreamweaver

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Kimd82553076 what specific errors are you able to locate in the installation logs? For information on how to locate and interpret the installation log files please see Troubleshoot with install logs | CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC.

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Suddenly I'm unable to choose Photoshop CS6 as the default "Open with" app in Win7 when I'm attempting to open jpegs.
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Click on the Start button.
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Run the Cleaner tool to remove Ps CC :http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html . Restart your system and then try installing Ps again.
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station_two wrote:
OK, here comes the explanation of what the scratch disk does and why it's optimal to have it on a physically separate internal drive (not partition!) other than your boot drive
I probably shouldn't say anything since it could complicate this thread, but the rules of thumb can be different under special circumstances when SSD is involved.
IF you have a LOT of empty space on your SSD-based system drive, then Photoshop can actually work great with it's scratch setting pointed at the system drive. This is because a) SSD transfers are much faster than spinning hard drives and b) there's no seek time, so simultaneous transfers to/from scratch and swap files aren't devastating to performance, and you can see a net gain because of the increased I/O throughput over what's possible using a separate spinning drive for scratch.
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Sorry for the SSD diversion.
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Pretty much everyone who's successfully using a computer - Mac and PC users alike - comes to realize after a while that the task of integrating things on their computers and making everything work falls on THEM, not the developers of applications like Adobe. Some applications pose unique challenges, but to think you can just throw up your hands and try to make it someone else's problem when something goes wrong simply isn't a viable strategy. Maybe that's how things should be, but it's not how it is.
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Unable to Install Photoshop CS6 after downloading from download assistant

Exit Code: 6 Please see specific errors and warnings below for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DF027, DW063 ... WARNING: DS012 ... -------------------------------------- Summary -------------------------------------- - 0 fatal error(s), 34 error(s), 6 warning(s) ----------- Payload: {539AEF15-3A2B-4A31-A587-7E90F7D9C700} Camera Profiles Installer 7.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirGb7AhHq0/Assets1/Profiles/CameraProfiles/Adobe Standard/Canon PowerShot Pro70 Adobe Standard.dcp" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/CameraProfiles/Adobe Standard/Canon PowerShot Pro70 Adobe Standard.dcp" (Seq 42) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 42) ----------- Payload: {E8B1DAAA-0B6B-44E6-A2D3-8E418EA0EA85} AdobeCMaps CS6 4.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirNuk5mdWJ/Assets2/CMaps/universal/UniJIS-UTF32-H" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/TypeSupport/CS6/CMaps/UniJIS-UTF32-H" (Seq 154) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 154) ----------- Payload: {AC85D480-BE25-4B01-84BE-E8A5932E39DB} Adobe Hunspell Linguistics Plugin CS6 1.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirbNR7GCp9/Assets2/mac/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AdobeHunspellPlugin" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Linguistics/6.0/Providers/Plugins2/AdobeHunspellPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AdobeHunspellPlugin" (Seq 7) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 7) ----------- Payload: {03740852-60C2-4B1A-A3DA-1EDB082C6401} Adobe Linguistics CS6 6.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdir9xdhoakc/Assets2/Linguistics/Providers/Proximity/11.00/NC-L3S4PNTX/brzORTH40.hsp" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Linguistics/6.0/Providers/Proximity/11.00/NC-L3S4PNTX/brzORTH40.hsp" (Seq 429) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 429) ----------- Payload: {0C4E7429-E920-4125-980E-029A87AE0A4D} AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK CS6 4.0.0.0 ----------- WARNING: DS012: LocalizeFile: Localized string not found for locale 'en_GB' try fetching for en_US(Seq 21) WARNING: DS012: LocalizeFile: Localized string not found for locale 'en_GB' try fetching for en_US(Seq 22) ----------- Payload: {C7B1C1B3-368D-4C32-A818-83F1554EB398} AdobeColorCommonSetRGB CS6 4.0.0.0 ----------- WARNING: DS012: LocalizeFile: Localized string not found for locale 'en_GB' try fetching for en_US(Seq 11) WARNING: DS012: LocalizeFile: Localized string not found for locale 'en_GB' try fetching for en_US(Seq 12) ----------- Payload: {0E0AA043-65AC-4A20-AAD6-9B4C7667309B} AdobeColorEU CS6 4.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirNqL43FvO/Assets2/universal/Settings/Recommended/Europe General Purpose 3.csf" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Recommended/Europe General Purpose 3.csf" (Seq 1) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 1) ----------- Payload: {48623899-C152-457D-9B30-1F957332AC2F} AdobeColorPhotoshop CS6 4.0.0.0 ----------- WARNING: DS012: LocalizeFile: Localized string not found for locale 'en_GB' try fetching for en_US(Seq 3) ----------- Payload: {78E38D75-4D92-4F6E-B631-17A436BED680} AdobeColorVideoProfilesCS CS6 4.0.0.0 ----------- WARNING: DS012: LocalizeFile: Localized string not found for locale 'en_GB' try fetching for en_US(Seq 5) ----------- Payload: {0377892E-FCAC-46EC-AA70-C6AC8A86A81F} Dynamic Link Media Server 1.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirunlb77Ef/Assets2/application/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app/Contents/Frameworks/AuthPlayLib.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AuthPlayLib" to "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/dynamiclinkmediaserver/1.0/dynamiclinkmediaserver.app/Contents/Frameworks/AuthPlayLib.bundle/Contents/MacOS/AuthPlayLib" (Seq 84) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 84) ----------- Payload: {DE7C6FA1-AF75-48A8-B495-CFAD529BCC3D} Recommended Common Fonts Installation 2.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: 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ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 303) ----------- Payload: {50F5A7C9-1E43-4860-AED8-7F8722691F17} Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS6 3.8.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdiri1w3J4rV/Assets2/xplat/Readme/SDK/Samples/javascript/SnpCreateUIAddMethod.jsx" to "/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities-CS6.localized/ExtendScript Toolkit CS6/SDK/Samples/javascript/SnpCreateUIAddMethod.jsx" (Seq 300) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 300) ----------- Payload: {9124DF4E-617D-486B-A970-8FA632244F24} Adobe Photoshop CS6 Core 13.0.0.0 ----------- ERROR: DF027: Unable to copy file from "/private/tmp/.tempdirUtAmKQq7/Assets1/Application/Adobe Photoshop CS6.app/Contents/Frameworks/libtfkernel.dylib" to "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS6/Adobe Photoshop CS6.app/Contents/Frameworks/libtfkernel.dylib" (Seq 11) ERROR: DW063: Command ARKCopyFileCommand failed.(Seq 11) ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install: ERROR: DW050: - 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Gadget! wrote:
500MB of precious HD space on my SSD
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