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Anonymous
March 10, 2010
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Is Photoshop Elements 2 compatible with Windows 7 64-bit?

  • March 10, 2010
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Hello,

I've just ordered a new PC with Windows 7/64bits.

My old Photoshop Elements 2 still works fine with XP and Vista.

What about W7/64 ?

Difficult to get reliable information from Microsoft compatibility website...

Shall I have to buy the last version ?

Thanks for your help.

Z.

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    March 10, 2010

    There's a reasonable chance that PSE 2 will work on Windows 7, but you may have to use one of the compatibility modes:

    http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Run_in_Vista

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    Anonymous
    March 10, 2010

    Thanks John, I'll try compatibility mode.

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    rymerbill
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    April 17, 2013

    I like PhotoShop Element 2 as well. Not so long ago, I had installed it on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine with 8 Gigabytes of memory. It installed and worked without any issue. I got a newer replacement machine, also Windows 7 64-bit with 8 Gigabytes of memory, and got the same error you experienced. I was puzzled....the only difference between the two systems was the hard disk size. The working machine had a much smaller hard drive (160 Gigabytes, with about half of it used). The non-working machine had a 500 Gigabyte hard drive with about 400 Gigabtyes free.

    The solution I found was to make a permanent swap file for the system. Go into system properties and click the Avanced System Settings. Display the Advanced tab. In the Performance box, click Settings. Display the Advanced tab. In the Virtual memory box, click Change. Unmark the option to automatically manage the paging file size. Mark the optio to for a Custom size. Enter an initial and maximum size. I put in 8142 and 12213. Click Set. (This is important...don't skip this step!) Then click OK. Re-boot your machine, and you should be good to go with PhotoShop Elements 2.

    Steve


    I also run Win 7 64 bit . I tried a wide variety of paging file sizes per your directions.  None worked.  The same error message always appears saying "cannot initialize because scratch disks are full."   Once you click on "OK" it of course terminates the program.    What on earth is the problem ?

    I would very much like to run Photoshop Elements 2 on my newwer PC but can't figure out how to do it.

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