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_lucas131_
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April 8, 2007
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Could not complete your request because something prevented the text engine from being initialized

  • April 8, 2007
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When i try to add text in ps cs2 i get an error:
Could not complete your request because something prevented the text engine from being initialized

Also shortcuts dont work. It happened suddenly cause it wasnt after any installation or sth.

I tried to reinstall but still have same error. Plz for help.
I tried also this file http://rapidshare.com/files/23708704/fix_cs2_cs3_text_engine_error.exe.html and it didnt fix me it.
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    yakoz75761068
    yakoz75761068
    Participant
    September 11, 2018

    Once I did that, the issue was fixed, but after a while, maybe 8-12 months, it is back, however, this time those files are no longer to be seen, and I have no other choices. There are other older videos that show to delete this certain folder in %appdata% known as "TypeSupport," but I believe that was with the older versions of Photoshop, or they just have a different way of removing those files today, such as the fix that I used in the past. Other than that, there are no other ways to fix this, other than reinstalling Photoshop, which I have done about 2-3 times now. https://audacity.onl/  https://findmyiphone.onl/ https://origin.onl/

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    Manjit5190
    Participant
    May 8, 2011

    That deleting .lst files worked for this problem

    First of all show all oyur hidden files...

    then

    GOTO

    C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Adobe

    type '.lst' in search pane and when files appear.. delete all of them....

    Start PS

    Worked for me.....

      mongiovi1
      mongiovi1
      Participant
      September 11, 2018

      Ha!  7 years later and this worked for me with Photoshop CS3!

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      _misiek172_
      Participant
      April 29, 2008
      I have this same problem with fonts, i try all fixex what you say, but all of them, dont work...

      but, photoshop in Poland language works fine, in english not work writing...

      in the past, i too have this problem, then this:

      http://rapidshare.com/files/23708704/fix_cs2_cs3_text_engine_error.exe.html

      fix him, but today link is crasch
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      Anonymous
      April 19, 2008
      reset the preferences sweet? are you sure it's a font?
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      _sweet554_
      Participant
      April 18, 2008
      font is loading but photoshop CS3 EX is crushing
      man this is irritating.....
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      _Richard_Lai_
      Participant
      April 18, 2008
      What I discovered was that if you first disable the font preview in Preferences -> Type, then re-enable it and then open up the font menu, you should see the preview loading from top to bottom.

      Keep chasing the latest preview and then it should freeze at the trouble-maker. Hopefully the actual font file in the Font folder will have a similar name to the one in the menu, and you just need to move it to the desktop, then reload Photoshop to see if the font preview loads fine.
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      Anonymous
      April 18, 2008
      >how the hell am i supposed to find out which F****N font is causing this issue?????..excuse my lang.

      select 1/2 your fonts.
      move em out of the fonts folder.
      try photoshop.

      if it fails, the bad one is in the 1/2 that stayed. if it worked the bad one is in the 1/2 that you moved.

      keep halving the fonts until you get the bad one.
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      _sweet554_
      Participant
      April 18, 2008
      excuse my language reading above all folks..
      i was kind of drunk...as i m calling myself drunk
      i did the following to fix this error..
      note tht i hve like 2000 fonts ..how the hell am i supposed to find out
      which F****N font is causing this issue?????..excuse my lang.

      steps :
      find the font folder under windows folder
      select all font
      right clik n open
      all font will pop and will jam ur system
      while its opening and ur system will stop responding
      press the power button n turn off pc
      restart it and itz work fine..
      wtf...never seen issue like tht could be solved by knockin down the system
      tht was fun mannnn
      hey guys i should get back to my drink
      have fun...hope this slove ur isuueee
      if not get some budlight
      hehehehehehe...
      peaceout..
      it workd for me ..it might not work for you
      so wtf give it try
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      _Richard_Lai_
      Participant
      April 14, 2008
      To Randolph Hernandez:

      The Windows directory should be:

      C:\Documents and Settings\*user name*\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe
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      Anonymous
      April 1, 2008
      That may well work but it is a bit frightening for the average user to do all that stuff.

      Far easier to do a search for and delete all instances of adobefnt*.lst
      (that extension is .LST).

      And if a broken or corrupted font is causing problems there is no alternative in the long run to tracking it down and deleting it.

      Do what Mary did, but move them back a few at a time until the problem recurs. Your faulty font is in that last bunch!
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