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pkaas
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August 31, 2015
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Photoshop ver. 7.0 on Windows 10

  • August 31, 2015
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Cannot install my old Photoshop 7.0 after having installed Windows 10.

Can anybody help me?

Preben Kaas

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      Limitless comics tv5F9D
      Participant
      November 7, 2020

      Just heard the great news about Photoshop 7 installation. I have a Microsoft surface pro and I want to install Photoshop 7.0. I don't think my Microsoft surface is as powerful as a desktop, and I only have about 256 GB of space. I heard that you have to have a huge amount of space available in order for it to work, is that true . A lot of people ask me why I'm using Photoshop 7. I started out with Photoshop 5 and I loved it all the way to number 7 period And I mastered it like nobody's business. Lol.

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      Red Cullen
      Participant
      May 18, 2020

      Have been running PhotoShop 5, 6 and 7 for many years -

      I have ALL 3 running on my DELL laptop for the last 3 years -

      it has 8 GB memory and 1 TB hard drive. I moved them to my

      new DELL laptop 64 GB memory and 2 TB hard drive - 

      Photoshop 5 and 6 run with no problem - Photoshop 7 installs

      but will not run because "scratch disks are full" - which is nonsense.

      I tried deleting the PREFERENCE FILE [crtl-alt-shift] without

      ny success.

      Bottom Line: PhotoShop 7 runs under Window 10 = I have been running

      it for years on my older DELL laptop - does anyone have a way to get past

      this "scratch file are full" nonsense?????? I mean not hypothesis - that you

      have actually tried....

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      May 18, 2020

      The need for a smaller partition has already been discussed and it seemed to work for some. 

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      February 13, 2018

      10 gig is WAY too small for a scratch drive. Do you realise how old Photoshop 7 is, and how out of date compared to a new PC?

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      caroln97849825
      Participant
      February 13, 2018

      Many thanks for your reply.  I do know that Photoshop 7 is fairly old.  My son is a computer games artist and he left his old version on my previous computer which I used for many years.  However I have no idea about memory size.  Could you let me know please what size of drive you think would be necessary for Photoshop 7.  On our new computer we have 2 terabytes so there is no shortage of available memory to partition.    Carol Nuttall

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      DavidV62
      Participant
      August 20, 2017

      Unfortunately the compatibility mode seems to now have little effect. Looks like I'll have to eventually upgrade.

      Until then I can reboot into into win 7.

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      Anonymous
      July 28, 2017

      Since my WIndows PC upgraded to Windows 10 (which I did not ask for, by the way, it just 'happened'!), I cant' use Adobe Photoshop Elements 7...tried re-installing. Seemed to install fine. But when I try to open/use the program, it brings up a partial 'shell' of the usual page, with no content and nothing to click on...seems frozen. I DO get an error message:

      "The monitor profile iAcer X203Hi appears to be defective. Please rerun your monitor calibration software." It then has 2 choices below this message, to click on: "Ignore Profile", or "Use Anyway". Neither has any effect. My monitor is fine, with all programs...so not sure why I suddenly can't see/use content on Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 anymore.

      Is there a fix, short of buying the latest version? Any help appreciated!

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      steveg42451808
      Participant
      August 8, 2017

      I've had a similar problem.

      The was no indication of an error, until I right-clicked the toolbar icon and selected Close. This gave an "Unhandled win32 error" and an offer to debug.

      It looks as if Microsoft have changed something critical to PSE7? My last use of PSE7 was 7 July and that was before the last upgrade. Any fix will have to come from MS.

      My suggestion is to use this to upgrade to the latest PSE - I should because 7 does not read the raw files from my camera.

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      DavidV62
      Participant
      August 12, 2017

      I had PSE 7 fail to load correctly after some recent Windows 10 / Office 2007 security updates. The main symptom was the editor screen not rendering it's menus.

      After messing around trying to uninstall the updates I found a better solution.

      I have the software running under Win 7 compatability mode.

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      mohanh35993590
      Participant
      May 3, 2016

      Just  Copy Photo shop 7 from the CD to Your computer First to  C Drive. And remove the CD   then start Installing .  It will install perfectly.

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      Anonymous
      March 25, 2016

      I spent a good few hours trying to load Photoshop 7 onto my new windows 10 laptop without success

      Finally just as I was about to give up a simple solution sprung into my mind. The good old F8 key.

      Windows 10 still has a SAFE MODE on startup that limits what's running in the background.

      Starting up in this mode allowed me to instantly load Photoshop 7 after hours of trying other methods.

      The F8 key no longer works on Windows 10, this is what you'll need to do:

      1. Press Windows logo key Windows logo key+I on your keyboard to open Settings. If that doesn't work, select the Start button in the lower-left corner of your screen, then select Settings.
      2. Select Update & security > Recovery.
      3. Under Advanced startup, select Restart now.
      4. After your PC restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings >Restart.
      5. After your PC restarts, you'll see a list of options. Select 4 or F4 to start your PC in Safe Mode. Or if you'll need to use the Internet, select 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking.


      Then just load Photoshop 7 in safe mode before restarting your PC/Laptop normally.


      This may also work with other software that struggles to load in Windows 10


      I hope that this saves others the time that I wasted trying to resolve loading Photoshop 7 onto my Windows 10 Laptop

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      micheler20924468
      Participant
      June 26, 2016

      Hello,

      my photoshop 7.0 has always worked with Windows XP and Windows  7. Now in Windows 10 the program works, but when I import an image from a scanner Epson, the program stops and does not work. Can you tell me what to do. Thank you Michele

      Jeff Arola
      Community Expert
      Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 26, 2016

      Did you install photoshop 7 after getting windows 10?

      Have you applied the photoshop 7.0.1 update?

      Adobe - Photoshop : For Windows : Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 update

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      idleMartin
      Participant
      January 12, 2016

      Regarding the OP's problem, it appears the installer exe requires to use resources held by other processes. For me it was Skype and Logitech wireless mouse software.

      To work out what is "blocking" the installer:

      1. start  task manager, you'll see setup.exe running as a background process but consuming no CPU cycles.
      2. click on the "Details" tab in task manager
      3. scroll down to setup.exe, right click on it and select "Analyse wait chain"
      4. close the program / end the process which setup is waiting on

      You may have to repeat steps 3 & 4 if there are multiple contentions. For me once I killed Skype & Logitech processes the installer popped up instantly. Also I ran setup.exe as administrator

        weed-99571696
        weed-99571696
        Participant
        January 28, 2016

        yes! many thanks idleMartin (see post above) -- you have provided not only a solution, and an explanation of why so many people are having to wait before PS7 (sometimes) installs, but you did it clearly and concisely -- and you saved a friend from tearing out what's left of his hair in frustration -- and yes, Skype was one of the programs which was blocking the installation

          vaughanw91361309
          vaughanw91361309
          Participant
          March 27, 2016

          Hi i have just been reading your post and i have had the same problem as you, i have tried everything and when i saw your post i thought i have been having trouble with Skype, so i uninstalled Skype then put my PS disc in and Bingo it installed straight away

                                                                   Many Thanks Vaughan

          Terri Stevens
          Terri Stevens
          Legend
          August 31, 2015

          Photoshop 7 is compatible with Windows 10 . Unless you say what errors you are seeing instead of making a blanket statement-that it doesn't install-its frankly difficult to help.

          pkaas
          pkaasAuthor
          Participant
          September 20, 2015

          Sorry, I forgot to tell you that the installation starts ok, but when I accept that the program make changes to my computer the installation stops

          Terri Stevens
          Terri Stevens
          Legend
          September 20, 2015

          Hello,

          make sure you are installing with full administrator permissions. Right click the installation file and select  Run As Admin.

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