[X-Newbies] Photoshop disappears

[J]

This is what I did to try to fix this problem:

- Ran Disk Repair from the DVD
- Ran Permissions from the HD (have Macaroni turned off for now)
- Cleared index in Spotlight and have that off (HD is in the privacy  
list)
- Trashed the 2 Launch Services files from the HD>Library>Caches  
folder as well as the launch services prefs. (This just knocks out  
your file associations...)

The problem is worse than just file associations I fear, because I  
finally trashed PS app altogether but when I reinstalled, the icons  
are still generic and the programs WON'T open.

I fear something worse is wrong with the computer's HD.

On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:35 AM, J wrote:

> I have already taken the bad icons from the dock because repairing  
> permissions has no effect on bad software that has turned into text  
> that can only be opened by BBEdit Lite..
>
> The whole application has also lost it's icon and can't be clicked  
> on so they cannot be replaced.
>
> I have repaired the disk itself with Disk Utility while booted from  
> the installer disk and the Permissions as well from the HD. (Each  
> one must be done from the DVD and then HD respectively)
>
> I don't mind reinstalling Photoshop etc but I am worried there is  
> something else that is wrong I have missed.
>
> I have also cleared my Spotlight by deleting the index by adding  
> the whole HD to the Privacy pane.
>
> I can dump the Caches folder from the HD>Library(books)>Caches as  
> well as the Fonts in there, but I don't think that's the problem.
>
> Will call ACPP tomorrow and ask if there might be anything else wrong.
>
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:22 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote:
>
>> On 7/25/06 10:10 PM, "J" <themacintoshlady at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I went to click on Photoshop in the dock and it had turned, along
>>> with Image Ready, into a white generic icon and it refused to open.
>>
>> The first thing to do would be to use Disk Utility to Repair Disk
>> Permissions.
>>
>> After doing this, you MAY find it necessary to drag the "bad"  
>> icons from the
>> dock and replace them with new ones, but I am guessing not.
>>
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