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pcisneros1
12-16-2008, 12:49 PM
Two nights ago I was working on a LO and had it almost finished. I went to save it and I got an error that said there wasn't enough RAM to save my project. I know there is plenty and I know there is a problem with my PSE. I have PSE 5.0 and for the last month I've been having problems with it on my Laptop. It works fine on my PC. Now I'm unable to use some actions that I have and I'm getting SO frustrated! I lost the project I was working on a couple of days ago and I just wanted to cry! I haven't been able to bring myself to redo it since or work on any other project. I've unistalled PSE and reinstalled it and still have the same problem!! When I reinstall it the actions I had installed are installed already. I delete them and reinstall them but still nothing helps! Does anyone out there know if I need to do something else other than just unintall or repair (this doesn't work either) and then reinstall. Also, when I open a photo, element, BG or whatever the backdrop of the program goes from grey to white. Why? I doesn't do that on my PC and much prefer it grey. And I'm not talking bout the project BG I know you can have it transparent, black or white. But I talking about the space outside the project. I'm I missing a step?? Any help would help. Thanks a bunch!!

troush
12-16-2008, 02:41 PM
Try resetting preferences: press ctrl-alt-shift as you start the editor. You should get a dialog asking if you want to delete the settings file - you do. If you don't get the dialog, then you need to try again - you have to time it just right for versions before 6.0

-Trish

dmrdm
12-16-2008, 04:29 PM
Sounds like something is filling up for RAM if you have plenty of it. Does Elements have a PURGE? I use CS3, but it has an EDIT>Purge (clipboard, histories, all).

If I'm copying or doing way to much...sometimes I just have to purge. I do this of course, while I'm working on stuff. It's not the same as a reset preferences. My computer is 4 years old and I only 1 have 1 GB of RAM which isn't the best, so I have to work smart with it and at times do have to purge.