Photoshop CS2 - Could not initialize Photoshop because a required text resources file

[napolo55]

Hello everyone, I am knew to the community. I hope you are able to help me with a problem I am having in Photoshop CS2. I have had CS2 for over 2 years and have never had this problem. I am not able to open Photoshop CS2. I am getting a message that reads "Could not initialize Photoshop because a required resources text file is missing. It goes through a series of " could not load default contours, styles, custom shaphes because the file could not be found" before getting to the "initialize" window. Thanks for whatever help you can give.

Napolo55

 

[Snowflake371]

Hi - I have exactly the same messages appearing on Photoshop. I did a major clean of my computer and the next day got these messages when trying to log into Photoshop. Any luck finding an answer?

 

[rdotis]

did either of you get a solution to this problem?

Thanks

 

[redsoxashley]

I'm not sure if you guys are still having this problem, but given the fact that I had it yesterday,... even if you've already fixed the issue, someone else could benefit.
I uninstalled, reinstalled, clean uninstalled, reinstalled... Nothing helped. Same error. I had been clicking a link that was in my "quick launch" on my taskbar, and getting this error, everytime it loaded. I was frustrated, and desperate for it to just WORK, so I clicked one of the CS2 icons within the adobe CS2 program folder, instead. Bingo. All of that because of a crappy shortcut. I'm not sure if this will solve anyone else's error issues, but I sincerely hope it does, its so annoying. Haha.