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September 22, 2008
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Memory Could Not Be Allocated For the Activation of PhotoShop

  • September 22, 2008
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CS2 Intel P4 3.0GhzHT, 3-4GB Ram WinXP

Photoshop won't open for me. It used to. Any idea how I might fix this?

When I try to open Photoshop, I get "Memory could not be allocated for the activation process. Please close all applications and try again."

I've done this with no applications after a fresh reboot and get the same message.

It only started recently. Photoshop used to open for me and was usable.

I got 3 or 4 GB of ram. I can't remember, but WinXP only sees about 3GB anyway. Either way should be more than enough, no?
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    May 7, 2009

    is there any solution to this problem that works...i'm strugging to find an answer that articulates what I need to do in laymens terms (or indeed one that is effeciive)....help pls!

    May 7, 2009

    Lee


    You have popped in to a thread which died about 7 months ago.


    I suggest you tell us a bit about your system and your symptoms.

    May 9, 2009

    Lee71 wrote:

    Hi John,

    Edit > Preferences - in PS? If so, I can't open PS. If within the drive

    itself, I don't know where the option to do that is.

    I did try moving the paging drive but that did not achieve the desired

    result

    I thought you said PS opened with the warning message about scratch drives which I told to to ignore.


    If it does open just go to Edit > Preferences > Performance and change drives.


    You have told us precious little about your system like:


    Operating System/version
    Photoshop version number
    Amount of RAM installed
    Hard drive(s) & capacity free


    Hi John,

    To clarify what i wrote previously was "i have tried CTRL + ALT + SHIFT whilst PS boots up; i get the prompt "ÿou currently have Adobe Photoshops primary Scratch and Windows' primary paging file on the same volume...".

    My primary issue (the subject of this blog post) still remains. And the issue prevents access to the program and therefore the ability to: Edit >> Preferences etc.

    My system:

    xp profesional version service pack 2 and PS 8.0

    1gb Ram

    c drive: 64.2 GB (18.1 gb free)

    d drive (recovery): (9.25 gb 1.16 free)

    Cheers,

    OldBob1957
    Inspiring
    October 3, 2008
    >How do I reset preferences if I can't get the program to open?

    See this entry in the FAQ:

    http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.ef4a07f/1
    TomBrooklyn作成者
    Known Participant
    October 3, 2008
    1. How do I reset preferences if I can't get the program to open?

    2. I don't know what a scratch is.

    3. I have 3 hard drives, C, D and E.

    - OS, programs and most data is on C.

    - Music mp3s and Lightroom v 1.4 catalog and catalog backups are on D.

    - E is for backing up C and D.

    4. I've deleted all temp files and history etc., fixed the registry, and run a chkdsk (scandisk) and defragmented all drives.
    October 3, 2008
    First I would reset your prefs first and then make sure that your scratch is on a separate drive.

    What is your drive configuration? Have you checked to make sure that your temp files have been deleted etc.
    TomBrooklyn作成者
    Known Participant
    October 3, 2008
    anybody have any idea about this?