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Participating Frequently
May 19, 2020 8:39 AM UTC
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P: This Face Expression File is bad or corrupted

I keep gettting the following error when I launch Photoshop 2020 on a Windows 10 64bit machine

 

This Face Expression File is bad or corrupted

 

I assume it relates to the Default Face Expression Presets.p3f file, which a scan reveals to be OK. The application launches after I click OK but how can I get rid of the error?

 

I have reinstalled, tried the clean up tool and there has even been an update since it started but still it persists. Is there anywhere I can find a replacement file?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Steve

 

 

212 replies

Participating Frequently
Jul 3, 2024 11:01 AM UTC

I haven't tried any yet but I was considering this (weblink removed)

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c.pfaffenbichler
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Community Expert
Jul 3, 2024 10:45 AM UTC

Which pdf editor are you using instead of Acrobat now? 

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Participating Frequently
Jul 3, 2024 10:31 AM UTC

It was 4 years ago I had this issue. I can't beleive it is still occuring. I gave up updating Photoshop years ago as it became unusable. I've bought the Affinity suite of products now and will be scrapping my Adobe subscription next month. I get constant errors with Acrobat as well.

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Participant
Jul 3, 2024 8:35 AM UTC

resetting does nothing to remove the error just ads to the annoyance

 

i disabled the auto updates thinking it is the culprit for this error but no

its really annoying doing this renaming bs every few days and loosing my settings

 

i dont remember any mention of a buggy product when i payed so as soon as the year is up i am cancelling my subscription

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Participant
Jun 29, 2024 8:14 PM UTC

Adobe is making its best lately to make us quit photoshop

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Participant
Jun 29, 2024 8:13 PM UTC

fix this [cursing removed] thing, we are paying here, all of us for you guys to fix stuff. Make stable versions than making this ridiculous AI new versions.

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Participant
Jun 29, 2024 11:25 AM UTC

Works perfectly, thank you!

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Ian Middleton
Participant
Jun 29, 2024 8:37 AM UTC

When i launch the Adobe photoshop there is an error showing " This Face Expression file is bad or corrupted.

What is that error

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kglad
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Jun 29, 2024 1:23 PM UTC

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Inspiring
Jun 22, 2024 5:47 PM UTC

I just had this issue as well. Jane's answer just takes me back to this thread, not to an answer. I tried what everyone said - using .old - and that seems to have worked (so far). However, all of my recent files are gone. The recent files on the home screen now start 1 month ago. Am I right in assuming I can't get those back and I'll just have to remember what I've worked on in the last month? Does anyone know what causes this so I can prevent it from happening again?

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Participant
Jun 19, 2024 8:40 PM UTC

Cada vez que inicio la app aparece el pop "Este archivo de expresión facial tiene errores o está dañado." 
He intentado de todo, desde código en el programa, desinstalar y volver a instalar Photoshop, pero después de un tiempo el programa vuelve a con el mismo problema. ¿Alguien sabe por qué pasa esto y cómo lo puedo solucionar?

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