InDesign CS3 crashes upon launch

Had same exact problem launching InDesign CS3 for the first time where it crashed at launch- the ONLY solution that worked for me was to change my windows default printer temporarily to Acrobat/PDF- then launched the program without incident- then I closed InDesign and reset my default printer back to the original printer and relaunched InDesign a second time- problem solved.

My corrupted file was kindly repaired by David Dilling
Markzware Europe.

Thank you very much David.

Davaa

If by .ptt you mean PowerPoint, save them as PDF if you can, then place those. You can also try moving them through Illustrator and saving as .AI. I don't use PowerPoint, so I don't know all the ins and outs.

Peter

Peter,

Thank you very much for your kind advises.
Yes, that file has several .ptt drawings.
May be that is the problem.
What is the best way to include drawings into the CS2.

Davaa

Davaa,<br /><br />First, "bla bla" isn't too helpful, even with standard error messages. I suspect this one asked if you wanted to try to recover again or delete the recovery data. Since recovery isn't working, you need to delete the data.<br /><br />You can do this manually if necessary, by going to the folder at \Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application Data\Adobe\InDesign\Version 4.0\InDesign Recovery and deleting anything you find there. That should allow you to restart InDesign, but it won't recover your unsaved file. Since it is listed in the error as "Untitled" there will be no file anywhere else on your system for you to access to attempt to recover that work (unless of course you actually DID save the file as Untitled) so that work will be gone forever.<br /><br />This kind of problem is often related to either a bad font or bad graphic file that you placed, very often in .eps format, which might give you a clue about where the problem originated.<br /><br />Peter

I'm having a problem while working on in the Indesign CS2.'inDesign.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. bla bla.

When I open the software again, it will start and then will display same think and closes down. (probably it tries to recover the previous unsaved file)

Then I open again it will be open with a display message "Adobe Indesign automatic recovery failed the last time it tried to open the document "Untitled" bla bla

Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

Davaa

had this problem as well, and the default printer was the cause - turned my printer on and switched it on and the damn thing started fine !

I'd deleted all the sing files - downloaded the latest updates did everything - nothing worked till I turned on my printer !

Best od luck and thanks to all the folks who have contributed to this forum !!

peace

Mark/ Cadesign IT is the SHIT!

Removing Root/Library/Application Support/ Adobe/ SING [on a mac] Fixed everything.

Cheers!

(this was after running Adobe's script, reinstalling, etc. to no avail)

I need help. When I try to open (for the first time) CS3 I get the error program has stopped working. What should I do?

InDesign CS3 crashes upon launch - solution
you dont have 2 del anithing !!!

go to "run" type "services.msc"
find print spooler and change it to auto.
than start the service menualy (jest to save time of restart)
and run indesign

have fun