[X-Newbies] Photoshop disappears

[Robert MacLeay]

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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