Problem launching PaintShopPro 9

I am having a problem launching PaintShopPro 9 when I double-click a
..jpg file. It worked a few weeks ago, but something has changed.

When I double-click a .jpg I get a "There was a problem sending the
command to the program" dialog ... but PSP launches a few seconds later
without displaying the .jpg.

Any idea what I should look at? I am familiar with use of RegEdit, so I
can look at things there. I just don't know specifically where to look
in the registry.

--

Dennis

On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:54:48 -0400, Dennis
wrote:

I am having a problem launching PaintShopPro 9 when I double-click a
.jpg file. It worked a few weeks ago, but something has changed.

When I double-click a .jpg I get a "There was a problem sending the
command to the program" dialog ... but PSP launches a few seconds later
without displaying the .jpg.

Any idea what I should look at? I am familiar with use of RegEdit, so I
can look at things there. I just don't know specifically where to look
in the registry.

Never mind. I unchecked "Run as Administrator" and that seems to have
fixed it. Didn't know running as admin could break "file associations".

Learned something new...

--

Dennis

On 27/08/2016 14:00, Dennis wrote:
On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:54:48 -0400, Dennis
wrote:

I am having a problem launching PaintShopPro 9 when I double-click a
.jpg file. It worked a few weeks ago, but something has changed.

When I double-click a .jpg I get a "There was a problem sending the
command to the program" dialog ... but PSP launches a few seconds later
without displaying the .jpg.

Any idea what I should look at? I am familiar with use of RegEdit, so I
can look at things there. I just don't know specifically where to look
in the registry.

Never mind. I unchecked "Run as Administrator" and that seems to have
fixed it. Didn't know running as admin could break "file associations".

Learned something new...



PSP9 isn't one of W7's best friends. There are several non-functional
aspects of the program. Can't remember what they were, but there were a
lot of them. One that affected me worst was the reduced screen palette.
I decided to upgrade to Corel's PSP X6 which does what it says on the
can. I still use PSP9 occasionally for the Browser and Bulk Rename
functions, both of which work properly.

jim

In message , jbm writes:
On 27/08/2016 14:00, Dennis wrote:
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Never mind. I unchecked "Run as Administrator" and that seems to have
fixed it. Didn't know running as admin could break "file associations".

Learned something new...



PSP9 isn't one of W7's best friends. There are several non-functional
aspects of the program. Can't remember what they were, but there were a
lot of them. One that affected me worst was the reduced screen palette.
I decided to upgrade to Corel's PSP X6 which does what it says on the
can. I still use PSP9 occasionally for the Browser and Bulk Rename
functions, both of which work properly.

jim

For bulk renaming of images, I find IrfanView's facility works well
(and, of course, fast); I particularly like its ability to rename (e.g.
camera images) to the EXIF date and time taken.

(What's the "browser" function do?)
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A clean, neat and orderly desk is a sign of a sick mind. (G6JPG's mind is
clearly extremely healthy ...)

On 28/08/2016 06:12, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

For bulk renaming of images, I find IrfanView's facility works well
(and, of course, fast); I particularly like its ability to rename (e.g.
camera images) to the EXIF date and time taken.

(What's the "browser" function do?)


The browser displays thumbnails of a whole directory of pictures. Unlike
X6, which displays them in one single row, PSP9 shows them by the
screenful, allowing you to view up to about 80 at a time, depending on
the chosen size. The full set of file functions are accessible, such as
copy, move, delete etc. Sort functions are numerous, such as file name,
file size, date etc, and the bulk rename facility is accessed from this
screen, allowing a fixed text string and a numerical counter for each
block selected. X6 includes all this, but is less functional due to the
limited number of thumbnails visible at any one time (about a dozen).

jim

In message , jbm writes:
On 28/08/2016 06:12, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

For bulk renaming of images, I find IrfanView's facility works well
(and, of course, fast); I particularly like its ability to rename (e.g.
camera images) to the EXIF date and time taken.

(What's the "browser" function do?)


The browser displays thumbnails of a whole directory of pictures.

Ah, IrfanView has a similar grid-of-thumbnails function.

Unlike X6, which displays them in one single row, PSP9 shows them by
the screenful, allowing you to view up to about 80 at a time, depending
on the chosen size. The full set of file functions are accessible, such
as copy, move, delete etc. Sort functions are numerous, such as file
name, file size, date etc, and the bulk rename facility is accessed
from this screen, allowing a fixed text string and a numerical counter
for each block selected. X6 includes all this, but is less functional
due to the limited number of thumbnails visible at any one time (about
a dozen).

I _think_ IrfanView can do a lot of those from its thumbnail grid view
too. You can set (within limits) the size (and thus spacing) of the
thumbnails, too, which (along with your screen resolution, obviously)
determines how many thumbnails you can see at once.

jim

If you've already got PSP9, IV may not offer you anything extra (though
I suspect it'll be faster, certainly to load in the first place).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Science fiction is escape into reality - Arthur C Clarke

On 28/08/2016 23:59, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , jbm writes:
On 28/08/2016 06:12, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

For bulk renaming of images, I find IrfanView's facility works well
(and, of course, fast); I particularly like its ability to rename (e.g.
camera images) to the EXIF date and time taken.

(What's the "browser" function do?)


The browser displays thumbnails of a whole directory of pictures.

Ah, IrfanView has a similar grid-of-thumbnails function.

Unlike X6, which displays them in one single row, PSP9 shows them by
the screenful, allowing you to view up to about 80 at a time,
depending on the chosen size. The full set of file functions are
accessible, such as copy, move, delete etc. Sort functions are
numerous, such as file name, file size, date etc, and the bulk rename
facility is accessed from this screen, allowing a fixed text string
and a numerical counter for each block selected. X6 includes all this,
but is less functional due to the limited number of thumbnails visible
at any one time (about a dozen).

I _think_ IrfanView can do a lot of those from its thumbnail grid view
too. You can set (within limits) the size (and thus spacing) of the
thumbnails, too, which (along with your screen resolution, obviously)
determines how many thumbnails you can see at once.

jim

If you've already got PSP9, IV may not offer you anything extra (though
I suspect it'll be faster, certainly to load in the first place).


I'm used to PSP and what it offers. It may not be the best image editor
out there, but it's what I know, and at my age (68) learning something
new from scratch isn't something I relish.

I've been using it since the early 1990's, and have gone through most of
the JASC versions, though X6 was bought because of the limitations of
PSP9 in Windows 7. I think the first version I had was Paint Shop 2
before it became known as Paint Shop Pro. Simple to use, and did what I
wanted it to do.

As you say, "IV may not offer you anything extra", but since PSP does
what I need, there's probably no point going down any other route.

jim

On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 02:03:40 +0100, jbm wrote:


I came by Photoshop3 along with a flatbed scanner that I wound up
sending back (kept the PS3) I updated to Photoshop5 in, I think,
Windows98. Still REALLY trying to hang onto it though it's a little
flaky in WinXP. And there IS steep learning curve but it's worth it.
Won't install inWin7, thanks Microsoft. Or I wouldn't be so
desperately trying to hang on. I can't afford the present version of
PS.


On 28/08/2016 23:59, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , jbm writes:
On 28/08/2016 06:12, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

For bulk renaming of images, I find IrfanView's facility works well
(and, of course, fast); I particularly like its ability to rename (e.g.
camera images) to the EXIF date and time taken.

(What's the "browser" function do?)


The browser displays thumbnails of a whole directory of pictures.

Ah, IrfanView has a similar grid-of-thumbnails function.

Unlike X6, which displays them in one single row, PSP9 shows them by
the screenful, allowing you to view up to about 80 at a time,
depending on the chosen size. The full set of file functions are
accessible, such as copy, move, delete etc. Sort functions are
numerous, such as file name, file size, date etc, and the bulk rename
facility is accessed from this screen, allowing a fixed text string
and a numerical counter for each block selected. X6 includes all this,
but is less functional due to the limited number of thumbnails visible
at any one time (about a dozen).

I _think_ IrfanView can do a lot of those from its thumbnail grid view
too. You can set (within limits) the size (and thus spacing) of the
thumbnails, too, which (along with your screen resolution, obviously)
determines how many thumbnails you can see at once.

jim

If you've already got PSP9, IV may not offer you anything extra (though
I suspect it'll be faster, certainly to load in the first place).


I'm used to PSP and what it offers. It may not be the best image editor
out there, but it's what I know, and at my age (68) learning something
new from scratch isn't something I relish.

I've been using it since the early 1990's, and have gone through most of
the JASC versions, though X6 was bought because of the limitations of
PSP9 in Windows 7. I think the first version I had was Paint Shop 2
before it became known as Paint Shop Pro. Simple to use, and did what I
wanted it to do.

As you say, "IV may not offer you anything extra", but since PSP does
what I need, there's probably no point going down any other route.

jim

John B. Smith wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 02:03:40 +0100, jbm wrote:


I came by Photoshop3 along with a flatbed scanner that I wound up
sending back (kept the PS3) I updated to Photoshop5 in, I think,
Windows98. Still REALLY trying to hang onto it though it's a little
flaky in WinXP. And there IS steep learning curve but it's worth it.
Won't install inWin7, thanks Microsoft. Or I wouldn't be so
desperately trying to hang on. I can't afford the present version of
PS.

Did you try the usual tricks, such as doing "Properties"
on the installer and setting Compatibility Mode to
an older OS ?

Photoshop is a bit "difficult", because Adobe rewrites
some of the subsystems. For example, they have a habit
of writing their own memory manager. This may be
present as a "plugin". And some of the plugins can
be removed by the user, as part of "tuning" the application
for the behaviors it exhibits.

Maybe it just needs a bit more tinkering.

Now, if it was a licensing detection issue (won't
hold the license properly or something), I don't
have a fix for that. But if it's gotten into
a fight with Windows, researching some Photoshop
lore might help.

*******

And if worse comes to worse, there is a so-called "free"
version of Photoshop, which comes with license key, as
part of shutting down a license server for one of
the versions.

This is in my collection but I don't use it. And I didn't
even download the entire page of goodies when this was
announced years ago. In my storage system here, the part
before the double-underscore is the download file name, while
the stuff after the double-underscore is tagging information.
I kept the license key as part of the tag, for safe keeping.

PhSp_CS2_English__photoshop_CS2_1045-1412-5685-1654-6343-1431.exe
356,583,291 bytes
MD5 = c24f1c53297ca179650031094571dce0
SHA1 = 1edfd80947f4a89a0d80c94ab7caf3c2be7224c5

Like you, I have two copies of Photoshop already, but
they're on the Mac. And I use GIMP on the PC, which
is good enough for contrast and brightness adjustments.
Photoshop does have some unique functions not in GIMP,
and one I would miss is the "arithmetic" function, which
can be used to "average" two camera photos and reduce
pixel noise. (A+B)/2. The Mac runs my scanner, and the
Photoshop plugin for the scanner, makes the scans. So
it's a complete, preserved, dinosaur.

At one time, a copy of PC Photoshop even came as a special
offer, in a retail Maxtor disk drive box. So it's been
promoted to death. I actually gave my copy of that one
away, gratis.

There's no lack of Photoshop.

HTH,
Paul