Photoshop CS3 Freezes Fix
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Eddie Phanichkul
I'm a writer and web developer from southern California. By Eddie Phanichkul
Published on 02/25/2009
This article is a how-to on how to fix an Adobe Photoshop freeze at start-up. It involves resetting or deleting the Photoshop preferences file.
In the morning, I boot up my PC and start Adobe Photoshop CS3. Today should have been no different than any other day, except that for some reason, the program would not get passed the start-up window. It seemed to get stuff at "Reading preferences," so I started Googling the answers to try and solve my freezing problem.
In the morning, I boot up my PC and start Adobe Photoshop CS3. Today should have been no different than any other day, except that for some reason, the program would not get passed the start-up window. It seemed to get stuff at "Reading preferences," so I started Googling the answers to try and solve my freezing problem.
Photoshop CS3 Freeze Fix
This article is a how-to on how to fix an Adobe Photoshop freeze at start-up. It involves resetting or deleting the Photoshop preferences file.
In the morning, I boot up my PC and start Adobe Photoshop CS3. Today should have been no different than any other day, except that for some reason, the program would not get passed the start-up window. It seemed to get stuck at "Reading preferences," so I started Googling the issue to try and solve my freezing problem. To my surprise, many had also experienced the same "freezing" problem, but had different symptoms. The general consensus from many advanced users, an according to Adobe articles, was to simply delete the preference file.
As it turns out, there's a quick and easy fix in the Adobe knowledge base located:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401600&sliceId=1
To re-create the preferences files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"
This is a quick and easy fix that Adobe claims will sometimes fix erratic or strange behavior such as freezes. Until next time, happy Photoshoping!
In the morning, I boot up my PC and start Adobe Photoshop CS3. Today should have been no different than any other day, except that for some reason, the program would not get passed the start-up window. It seemed to get stuck at "Reading preferences," so I started Googling the issue to try and solve my freezing problem. To my surprise, many had also experienced the same "freezing" problem, but had different symptoms. The general consensus from many advanced users, an according to Adobe articles, was to simply delete the preference file.
As it turns out, there's a quick and easy fix in the Adobe knowledge base located:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401600&sliceId=1
To re-create the preferences files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"
This is a quick and easy fix that Adobe claims will sometimes fix erratic or strange behavior such as freezes. Until next time, happy Photoshoping!