[X-Newbies] Photoshop disappears

[J]

It won't let me reassociate it with PS because the application itself  
won't show up as anything but a generic text document even after I  
weeded out all PS files and reinstalled..

I have trashed the Launch services so that's not it anyway.

Applecare said, update. I hope he's right. If I lose my Mail.app  
data, I'm screwed. :-)

Pray.

On Jul 26, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote:

> What do you get when you do a "Get Info" on a Photoshop document?
> i.e., what application is associated with it?
>
> This is a software problem; hardware would not cause these symptoms.
>
> Do you have a program such as File Buddy which allows you to see  
> the file
> type and creator codes of files/applications?  What does the Photoshop
> application's codes look like when viewed with one?
>
> On 7/26/06 1:10 AM, "J" <themacintoshlady at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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