HELP! "Organizer DB API Failed to execute correctly.&qu

[deallen5]

I have been getting this error everytime I save an image that I'm working on. What's wrong? :?:

Believe it or not I did a forum search on the error before I posted. Did not find anything.

[DanielleL]

Dixie,

you might want to check out this thread: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@18.cq3tepnnHgm.94@.3bbb00fd

There are several suggestions that might work.


Danielle

[deallen5]

:oops: I am just not computer savvy enough to determine which of the many possible remedies might work. They ramble on but don't give straight answers.

:evil: Now I get a new message when I try to set up to print multiple images from organizer:

"The ODBC data source reported the following error:
"[Miscrosoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] No current record."

Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a big project and don't have any extra time to dig more on it myself. If this thing crashes on me now I'll just die... I was hoping one of our subscribers had experienced the same errors and might be able to advise on what solution they had to use.

I have seen lots of posts since I joined where others have had problems with the Organizer...at that time I was not having ANY problems.

If anyone has had these errors would you mind sharing resolution...I don't want to uninstall and reinstall unless I absolutely have to.

THANKS IN ADVANCE. :(

[drummermom]

I have the same problem with the Organizer and have since the Microsoft Security Update this month.

I can reassure you to some extent -- you're not going to crash and burn. :)

I've used two solutions to work around it that seem to help some.

1) I downloaded Picasa to use for image reviewing, and I move the ones that I'm going to edit into a folder called "for editing"

2) I use the File Browser inside the Editor to locate and open my files after I've decided which images I'm going to use and which I don't need.

I actually like this method better, because the Organizer is toooooooo slooooooow for my tastes.

Somewhere on this forum there is an excellent step-by-step for disabling the Organizer. Just search on "disable Organizer" to find it.

Hope that helps some!

[deallen5]

Thanks Karoli, sounds like a good idea to disable it. I like File browser better anyway.

[Wendy]

Hi Dixie,

Here is the info ... I originally found it on another forum:

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I managed to completely kill Organizer (I never plan on using it). Here are the actions I took to (hopefully) completely disable it and its associated functions (Windows only):

1) Open 'services.msc' and go to the 'standard' tab.
2) Select 'disable' for 'Adobe Active File Monitor' and 'Photoshop Elements Device Connect'. You may now close the Services window.
3) Open Windows Explorer and locate where Elements has created default folders for its catalogs. This is normally C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe.
4) Delete the folders 'Catalogs' and 'Catalog Folders'.
5) Go to the folder where Elements is installed. Normally C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 3.0.
6) Create a folder somewhere outside of the Adobe folder and move the file 'PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe' to the new folder. This allows you to have the option to move the .exe file back to where it was created in the case you decide to use Organizer somewhere in the future.

Organizer should now be completely disabled.

Some notes. Step 4 disables the annoying checkbox when saving files that catalogs files by default. Steps 5 & 6 may not be necessary, but I decided to put the Organizer's .exe out of Elements reach, just in case that it might try and recreate the folders for the catalogs that were removed in step 4.

Some of this may sound drastic, but unfortunately the Devs for Elements didn't design the installation process very well to allow for custom installation of components. Nor did they provide enough functionality in Preferences to disable/enable these features.

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Wendy

[deallen5]

Thanks Wendy you're GREAT!!