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markzabel
February 29th, 2008, 07:13 PM
I'm at wit's end. When I try to do a full edit from the organizer, my pictures don't open in the editor. I have re-set preferences (with the keyboard command as well as deleting the file) about 4 times, have restored the catalog 3 times and even re-loaded PSE5.

Some pictures WILL open and some won't. I've searched the forums, google, etc.


About 13,000 jpg pictures
Running XP
PSE5 is loaded on a laptop and I use an external drive to store the picturesI've had this problem a couple of times before but restoring or re-setting the preferences fixed the problem.

I have no idea what else to try...

Looking for some deep thoughts...

TonyW
February 29th, 2008, 08:31 PM
The first question that comes to mind is how much memory is being used and how much is available. When you successfully open an image take a look in the Info Palette. Click More and check scratch sizes. What are the two numbers? The first is how much RAM is being used and the second is how much is available to Elements. If they are close then you can have problems opening larger files.

Tony

markzabel
February 29th, 2008, 08:47 PM
Checked scratch size....not an issue