CS3 photoshop won't open

[larry_isaacs]

<p>Have been using it without problems though recently Photoshop a/o Bridge might shut down while working. Would be able to restart the programs w/o difficulty. Today photoshop won't even open up. As the program starts to initialize I get the message: "Photoshop has stopped working" I've rebooted my laptop and deleted the preferences. I have a new Toshiba laptop with windows 7 and IE8.<br>

Any suggesstions. Thanks<br>

Larry</p>

[ann_clancy6]

<p>I had some issues with cs3 and went to the control panel as uninstalled/repair and it went through some "song and dance" and returned to normal.</p>

 

[William Kahn]

<p>Ann's solution is the best place to start. I also have a new Toshiba laptop running Windows 7 32-bit, and have had no problems with CS3. If your Windows 7 version is 64-bit, that may be a problem...</p>

[RobertChura]

<p>Try holding the alt shift and ctrl key while starting PS. It resets PS to default values. I just had to do that myself!</p>

[larry_isaacs]

<p>Thanks to all. I did try the shift-alt-ctrl trick but it did not work. Will look into the other two suggestions.<br>

Any other thoughts about this out there?<br>

Thanks<br>

Larry</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>If nothing else works, try reinstalling PS. Sometimes little 'invisible files' get lost or damaged on Windows, at least on the older Windows versions I used to use (note past tense).</p>

[paulie_smith1]

<p>Had similar problems and the folks at Adobe say "BUY CS5".<br>

I fought it awhile, reloading a few times on the new machine. Finally bit the bullet and bought CS5 and it works fine. Wish I had not had to do it but with the newer operating system you are stuck upgrading if you want it working without the slowdowns/shutdowns from time to time. Then one day it won't work at all and you lose what you have done.</p>