Getting annoyed

david_h

I'm struggling here, hope someone can help.

At home, we have a wireless network and while I mainly work on my Thinkpad, I usually store files on one of the desktops.

Anyway, when I start Photoshop on the Thinkpad, it always wants to find that network drive and crashes if it can't. This basically means that I can't use Photoshop at all right now unless I'm at home.

Any ideas as to how I can correct this, it's getting really frustrating.

Thanks.

wxwax

Is it CS? Is it trying to log on to the internet?

I ask in ignorance. But on my machine, everytime I start-up PS, ZoneAlarm tells me PS is trying to access the internet. I think it's Adobe making sure that PS is being used on the machine to which it was registered.

colourbox

I'm not sure if this will work on your version of Photoshop, but it works on the latest couple versions: Start Photoshop, but hold down Ctrl, Shift, and Alt. That deletes the preferences. I'm not sure if that will remove the remembered folders on the network, but it's worth a try.

david_h

Sid, it's CS. I don't htink it's connecting to the internet, just looking for a file that's on the unavailable network drive.

Coulourbox, thanks for the tip. I tried it and it let me right in. PS starts much much faster as well, must have accumulated a lot in the preferences file.

cletus

colourbox wrote:

I'm not sure if this will work on your version of Photoshop, but it works on the latest couple versions: Start Photoshop, but hold down Ctrl, Shift, and Alt. That deletes the preferences. I'm not sure if that will remove the remembered folders on the network, but it's worth a try.

Oh sid....

If ever there was a post that needed to go into the hall of wisdom, this is it!

wxwax

cletus wrote:

Oh sid....

If ever there was a post that needed to go into the hall of wisdom, this is it!

Done, thanks for the suggestion. Does the new title make sense?
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=14552