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Photoshop 6

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November 22, 2022
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Hi,

Anyone remember Photoshop 6? Well, I’m still using it, or should I say, I was until I upgraded to Windows 11 today. I remember when I upgraded to Windows 10 I had the same problem but after making changes in the Compatibility Mode I managed to get it working, compatible with Windows 7 I seem to remember. I naturally tried this in Windows 11 but no joy in any of the older OS options.

I decided to uninstall PS6 and reinstall it and it worked perfectly, however, after closing it down and opening it again it seems to have reverted back to the previous problem of not opening. It does begin to open but then an error message appears ‘Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable'.

Given that it did work tells me that it is possible to get it working again. Hopefully, someone here will be able to help. If you can, I would be very grateful.

Thanks

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Jeff Arola

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Did you try Run compatibility troubleshooter?

Jeff Arola

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Can you try going to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0

right clicking on the Photoshp.exe

then Properties and under Compatibilty click

Change settings for all users and set Windows 98/Windows Me

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dave_39Author

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Thanks, but have already done this without success.

Nancy OShea

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@dave_39

I think it's safe to say you got more than your money's worth out of PS6.

A modern computer & OS, needs modern software that's compatible.

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Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Nancy OShea

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@dave_39,

Photoshop 6 or Creative Suite 6 (ver 12)?

PS 6 was built for Win 95/98.

CS6 (ver 12) was built for Win Vista/7.

AFAIK, PS 6 won't run on Windows 11. It's entirely beyond it's sell by date.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

kglad

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@Nancy OShea

asked and answered, ps 6, win 98 compatibility tried.

Jeff Arola

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How much free space is on your hard drive (the drive you have ps 6 installed on)?

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dave_39Author

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280GB

Jeff Arola

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I had that same issue with photoshop 6 on both windows 10 and 11, then after some updates to windows 10 ps 6 started working again with no compatibility modes required.

You can try setting the Compatibilty mode to Windows 98 and that should wotk mostly.

Is your Windows 10/11 updated to the latest versions?

Are you using an Enterprise version of Windows 10/11?