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I have a couple of issues and I don't have a clue what's up. Wendy might say that's nothing new but, hey......one does what one can. :D

Anyway, I turned off PS auto update two months ago as I thought that was one of my problems. Every now and then I get a window that pops up when I start PS and asks if I want to reset all my preferences now? Huh? I didn't change anything. Nor did I update anything. I thought it was the updates that were changing everything back to default but evidently not. Does anyone know why my program does this. It's a pain to keep resetting my prefs.

Second, just today, when I would minimize a window and then hit the button for it to reappear it opens full screen. All my minimized windows are doing it now. Did I accidentally change something? It won't stop and I would like them to reopen the size they were minimized.

As always, thanks everyone.
 
In your place, I'd try a fresh install. Setting prefs included, this takes twenty minutes at the most.
No guarantee that it solves all your probs, but, if I remember well, you already deleted your prefsn,a dn that didn't help. This leaves us only one option: total destruction, and a reincarnation!
 
Lee, to have the message appear at startup, you need to hold down ALT+CTRL+Shift... have you got a program that might trigger those keys?

For the windows, you mean that instead of having one window open full screen, they all do it? once again, if you hold shift, you can apply "window" changes to all open images in Photoshop... (like full screen view, or closing, etc...) once again, the problem is related with keystrokes...

there might be another culprit than photoshop...
 
Hi Lee! :)

And thanks for the "quote"... :P :bustagut:

Funny you mention about the 'preferences thing'... for the very FIRST TIME, in as long as I can remember (doesn't say much), I fired up PS this morning and I got greeted with the "new user" screen dialogue box inasmuch as setting profiles, scratch disk and that sort of thing... same as you Lee! 8[

What's the expression? SH*T HAPPENS!!!

Files do get corrupted... things go awry. :\ So far, I haven't been too disturbed (no missing preferences)... but from the sounds of what you're going through Lee, I might heed Erik's advice and go for a "fresh install"... ;)
 
Thanks all. I'll try all your suggestions before doing a fresh install.

Pierre, I never heard of that trick. I'll try it as soon as I get off the board. :righton:
 
Five hours later -

Okay, I tried the holding the shift key per Pierre's suggestion and evidently I didn't do it right as I didn't get a dialog box. So, in frustration, I took Eric's advise and just did a complete reinstall of the program. Funny thing happened, however. First, it did not correct the problem. Any window that I minimize and then try and open again always opens to full screen instead of the window size I minimized with. Second, going to the File>Open Recent selection there are still the images I last used before reinstalling. How can that be? I just installed PS from scratch. There should be nothing in the Open Recent tab....................right??? Or is that information stored someplace else. Lastly, I went into the Help>Updates window. As I have had this program for almost 6 months or longer now I should have had updates. I was getting them before yet now, after my reinstall, it showed that I needed no updates.

Too strange. Any suggestions? Is there a control in Windows XP that governs window size when minimizing and re-opening?

Thanks..........................I need a drink. :(
 
Seems like an obvious question, Lee... but one I must ask! [saywhat] [confused] Did you "uninstall" first and then "reinstall"... [confused] [confused] [confused]
 
Just because you guys got new silver forum buttons for "reply" etc. that doesn't mean I'm an idiot.........................................................then again, maybe it does?



Never mind. [confused]









Yes, dear. I un-installed first. :B ......................................... :P
 
:bustagut: :bustagut: :bustagut: Lee!

Shiny buttons aside, I just had to ask ;) ... one never knows! [innocent]

As for XP, no... I'm running XP and have never encountered this problem. [stuned]

Quite frankly, I'm stumped [confused] ... but then that happens easily with me as I'm no "techie"! :B
 
Mystery solved. I'm so good. B7 Well, that might be just a slight overstatement. Let's say lucky and we'll call it a day. ;\

Anyway, the problem - WindowBlinds. A program for WinXP that allows you to change the look of your GUI. Website ishttp://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1 I have been hearing about it for months. Really a lot of fun if you're creative and HATE the way MS gave us WIndows. The Mac looks so cool and Windows so............................well, I'll be polite and say boring.

I paid my $19.95 and got the program. Took hours to go through all the skins to find the ones I liked but now I have about 8 and switch everyday just like my wallpaper. Only bug so far is in PS. When you minimize and reopen it opens the window full screen. I emailed the company and I'm sure they'll have a fix in one of the upcoming parches.

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. Now if I can just find why it automatically goes back to default settings once every month or two. That has nothing to do with WindowBlinds as it was doing that before I got the program. And Wendy had it happen to her also. Oh, well.

Oh, Sue, hows that program working that I sent you? Got it set up yet?
 
:D Ahhhhhhhh.... glad to hear that you found the solution to your problem Lee! ;)
 
Lee said:
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. Now if I can just find why it automatically goes back to default settings once every month or two. That has nothing to do with WindowBlinds as it was doing that before I got the program. And Wendy had it happen to her also. Oh, well.
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Lee it sounds like you have a corrupted Preferences file. If you delete it, PS will create a new one, resetting all preferences to the defaults. Here's Adobe's guide to do that, by OS and PS version. Sometimes it works wonders.
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Sorry, Lee: I didn't read your posting paying enough attention.

1/ The auto update thing is indeed a problem people often complain about. I never turned it off, and I never ever had a popup window or my Firewall asking whether Photoshop was allowed to connect to the Internet. Yet some people do have problems with it.

When you do a fresh install, don't forget where your preferences are stored! Local Disc > Documents and Settings > Administrator or your name > Application Data > Adobe > Photoshop > 7.0 > Photoshop 7 > Settings

This file is normally not deleted when you uninstall PS, so that, when you do a fresh install, your Preferences are kept. Very handy, unless of course, these preferences are corrupt. Better uninstall this comlete Adobe folder inside the Appl Data also when you want to start from scratch.

2/ As for the second question: if I understand you correctly, and the image opens really full screen, then somehow there might be a problem with the screen mode. Pressing F will toggle you through the standard mode and the full screen mode, whil the Tab key will hide your palettes etc.

Should you mean with full screen that it opens in standard mode, but fully occupying the given space, then that is a normal behaviour of Photoshop. When you press the - button, your document will, as you well know, disappear and be waiting for you near the bottom of your screen. When you press the two rectangles, it'll open indeed fullscreen, yet if you press that same icon again when in "fullscreen" mode, then your document will be back to the original mode. Windows cannot change this.

Another trick is to open a new document: the first, full screen one, will automatically become a floating window.

Personally I don't consider it to be a big issue as I prefer working in this 'fullscreen" view in standard mode. But if it irritates you, indeed: why not contact Adobe? It's like the [ and ] shortcuts for changing the brush size that don't work with non-English keyboards. Just change to an English Qwerty and it does work. Not really serious.

Apart from this: did you ever try double clicking on the workspace? You immediately get a popup window displaying the folder where your last image came from.

As for your personal preferences with that GUI tweak tool, have fun with it, but I personally find the silver grey setting of XP quite ok. Too many gadgets and colours disturb my visual perception, a well-known issue amongst academic painters in traditional media.

Also: these gadgets can well be the cause of stability issues and some indeed do even install spyware.
 
Oh, Sue, hows that program working that I sent you? Got it set up yet?
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sure did and thanks for that :righton:
I did have to get rid of the proxy server settings though but found we didn't need the use of PPShar with XP any way but did have to put on Zone Alarm on this system (it was previously protected through the network system)........... I just couldn't get onto secure sites and open sites with pdf's....... adjusted the settings and everything is working great thanks :} now I just have to do the Christmas wallpaper idea for family and friends [shhh]
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