HELP - PSE won't work!

scrappychic

scrappychic

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I'm using PSE 5 on Vista, I just started getting this runtime error. It won't let me open anything, save, even change fonts (the menu won't drop down). When I try to open something it give me a "can't perform operation" error and when I save it doesn't even give an error, it just won't do it.

Then when I shut it down, that's when I get the runtime error. I'm uninstalling it right now and will re-install after. You think that will help? I tried the repair way without unistalling but I kept getting the same errors, so I thought it would be best to do everything over.

:cursing:
 
you know this sounds vaguely familiar . . .

but alas, I am useless b/c I don't remember what I did to fix it. I think it happened to me with an earlier version of PSE since I never had 5.

I like to blame everything on new fonts. Have you installed any new fonts? Or any new programs . . .

Hope the re-install sorts it out for you.
 
How frustrating!! I don't what would help that but sometimes just restarting my computer does wonders to fix odd problems... this might be more complicated than that though. Hope you find the fix soon! :)
 
check your cpu performance if too much of the RAM is being used at once it will not let you save
 
I'd probably run a Check Disk of the drive just to be sure there were no errors. I know I started to get runtime errors in Lightroom when my drive was having issues. Here's some directions on how to do it in Vista.
 
Oh I hope you can fix it! I had PSE 4 on vista and it stopped working, the program wouldn't open at all... it says I have an unrecoverable error. Guess it's time to upgrade for me!

However.. PSE 5 is supposed to be fine with Vista (and 4 isn't) so hopefully yours is just a quick fix.
 
I sometimes get weird errors if I have lightroom and PSE open at the same time. And if I have PSE open for too long without using it, other things lock up. I know thats not any help at all - but you aren't alone!! :(
 
arghhhhhh !!! good luck - i hope you find some way to fix this! i was having the same problem with my PC ... i know that i did not have enough RAM or anything else ... just this week i ended up giving that laptop to my DH and i bought myself a macbook pro with a lot more of everything - not a great solution money wise - but i'm pretty happy LOL ... :) but - i also gave myself PS CS3 (i was using pse5) and i'm completely lost !! oops !

but, seriously - i hope you get it all fixed up !!!! good luck !! it's sooooo frustrating when that happens !
 
After a couple of tries, I got it to work again! Phew! I didn't think it was that RAM - I have 3GB for goodness sakes - and I never had a problem with my 512mb desktop. It worked for a few after I re-installed, but ended up with the same errors after a while. I think it was just tired. I had PSE open all day.

I restarted the laptop after reading the comments here and now it seems to be okay. Thanks for the advice!
 
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