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Preferences File was invalid.

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August 21, 2012
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Everytime I open my CS6, it always show " Could not initialize Photoshop because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted)" I reinstalled it but it is still popping out. Please help me coz I badly need my Photoshop

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Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

Just a wild guess, but perhaps if you check Photoshop on the win 8 front page, and choose Run as Adminstrator from the options bar at the bottom of the page, and then do the Ctrl Alt Shift thing? I can't test it at the moment because my Application Manager is updating on my Win8 laptop

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ashiquej35397840

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Just do this:

     •     Go to 'Run' (Windows+R).
     •     Type '%appdata%'.
     •     Select Adobe Photoshop CS6 folder.
     •     Then Delete it.
It should work fine from now.

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minglee2010

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For windows 8. You actually need to run the photoshop app as administrator.

What you can do is, right click on the photoshop icon from start menu or if you have it on desktop and click on properties.

Click on Advance button and you can check there "Run As Administrator" so you do not need to manually run it as admin every time.

edhiro

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i hv found out useful way to solve this problem.

im using window 7,

1) login this area

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6\Adobe Photoshop CS6 Settings

2) you will found this all file in the folder.

folder (workspaces)

folder (workspaces-modified)

Action palette

Adobe Photoshop X64 CS6 prefs

Color Settings

LaunchEndFlag

PluginCahce

RepoussePresets

Workspace Prefs

3) Delete below file or you can backup if you dont believe this way can solve your problem

folder (workspaces)

folder (workspaces-modified)

Action palette << delete

Adobe Photoshop X64 CS6 prefs << delete

Color Settings << delete

LaunchEndFlag << delete

PluginCahce << delete

RepoussePresets << delete

Workspace Prefs << delete

4) relaunch your photoshop. it start and back to work again.

and you can back to the folder. amazing all the delete file has been coming back

i believe because the previous certain old data didnt synchronize therefore if just remove the pref file

it still wont work. i just delete it all with guts. haha

Happe( ^ - ^)

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Humsterdamn2020

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hi @edhiro , thanks for this usefull way to solve the current problem, I already used this method and it works perfectly,

Thank you and God Bless! 🙂

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fem21

Participant

I'm having the same issue when I open my cs3. I've tried the ctrl+alt+shift solution but it didnt work. Also I cannot find the adobe folder in my AppData. I'm on windows 8 Anyone knows how to fix this?

Trevor.Dennis

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Just a wild guess, but perhaps if you check Photoshop on the win 8 front page, and choose Run as Adminstrator from the options bar at the bottom of the page, and then do the Ctrl Alt Shift thing? I can't test it at the moment because my Application Manager is updating on my Win8 laptop

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fem21

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Thank you so much! That really worked!

Chris Cox

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Please remember that reinstalling doesn't change your preferences (and wasted your time since the message said the problem was just with the preferences file).

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MatthewTaylorWilson

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yeah, I reinstalled and it didn't fix. I found a video http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-complete-picture-with-julieanne-kost/how-to-reset-photoshop-cs6s-preferences-file/ that explains how to locate the file and delete it.

It's fixed.

thanks everyone.

PrintFusion45

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If you're on Windows, then navigate to the location: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 and then trash/delete the Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Settings folder. Looking at the error I've a feeling that you don't have sufficient privileges to that folder. Right click on Roaming\Adobe folder and then choose Properties\Security tab. Select your username and apply full control to it.

lrdalucard

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Its now 2020, and this solution still right on the money, a big thank you from 7 years in to the future!
Hope you are still healthy and in good shape today, as we have been hit by a pandemic right now as I speak, you deserve it bro!

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Anonymous

Have you tried to reset your preferences by starting PS and immediatly holding down the ctrl + alt + shift keys? Will get a reset window if done correctly.