Weird Image Processor Behaviour

The image processor has started acting really weird a couple of hours ago. I have been trying to figure the problem out since then, but to no avail. It all started when I tried to run batch processor from the Bridge with a really simple action that is just meant to save the images as a TIFF. This has worked before and I did not change the setup in any way. But this time many of the images just stayed open in Photoshop. They were neither saved nor closed - others were, though. I played around with the settings, repaired permissions, deleted cache files, etc. Then at one point, when I ran the image processor again, it suddenly started to open random raw files! These files are on the same hard drive as the .psd files I was trying to convert, but they are not even nearly in the same directory. In fact, these happened to be really old pictures that I hadn't seen in a while. That scared me. Also I am at the end of my wits. The only thing left to do would be to uninstall and then reinstall Photoshop, I guess. But that would mean, that I would have to go through all the settings again, import my actions, keyboard shortcuts, etc. I'd like to avoid that if possible.
I am using Photoshop CS 5.0.1 on an iMac running MacOS 10.5.8.

You mention Image Processor and Batch, which are two different things – which did you employ?
Could you post a screenshot of the Actions Panel with that specific Action clicked open just to make sure which steps are included?
And have you tried trashing prefs (after making sure your presets are saved)?

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DrMilesBennell wrote:
Can anyone shed some light as to why Lightroom exports JPEGs that are roughly 2-4 times the size of Photoshop's JPEGs? My initial thoughts are that the 100 quality setting in Lightroom is more like Photoshop's quality 12 (that always makes me think of Spinal Tap - "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?" "These go to eleven.") Ideally, exporting out of Lightroom would be much easier for my workflow.
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PS
LR
LR Range
Typical Reduction
0
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11%
1
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2
20
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6
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4%
7
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8
65
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9
70
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10
80
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11
90
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12
100
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I keep a small copy of the above table taped to my monitor. I chose the numbers under the 'LR' column for the 12 steps (not AA's) to make it easier to remember. In actuality ANY number in the LR Range column will produce the same results for each step.
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