Adobe PS Elements 5.0 & Adobe Gamma

[shamrock838]

I just installed Adobe PhotoShop Elements 5.0 on both my (a) desktop and (b) laptop computers.

Both computers also had an existing installation of PS Elements 3.0 (so I now had both versions of Elements). I checked the Control Panel on each computer and Adobe Gamma was there.

Soon after I uninstalled Elements 3.0 from the (a) desktop computer since I wanted to use the latest version of Adobe Gamma for calibrating the monitor. On rebooting … however … Adobe Gamma had disappeared from the Control Panel.

I tried to reinstall PS Elements 5.0 to do a repair to recover Adobe Gamma. Shortly after the reinstall started … I got a separate screen requesting that I “Please insert the disk: 1.” But the Elements 5.0 program CD was already in the CD drive. I pressed the OK button and the message reappeared. Repeated attempts got the same result. Apparently I was in a loop. The only way out was to press the Cancel button that led to existing the install program.

I’m aware that a single user is only allowed two installs of PE Elements 5.0. But what about a reinstall on one of these same computers? Am I out of luck here?

As a last resort … is Adobe Gamma available as a separate add-on?

Yes … I know there are better products (such as Colorvision Spyder 2 Suite for non-pro types like moi) out there … but I wanted to start the process with Adobe Gamma. Thanks.

Mike (shamrock838)

[philbarnes]

This is an old question (that I found on another forum elsewhere too) but I had the same problem with PhotoShop Elements 6 when I needed to repair it. I found an answer and wanted to post it here. I've snipped the parts that aren't relevant to my situation.

I just installed Adobe PhotoShop Elements 5.0 on both my (a) desktop and (b) laptop computers.[snip]

I tried to reinstall PS Elements 5.0 to do a repair to recover Adobe Gamma. Shortly after the reinstall started … I got a separate screen requesting that I “Please insert the disk: 1.” But the Elements 5.0 program CD was already in the CD drive. I pressed the OK button and the message reappeared. Repeated attempts got the same result. Apparently I was in a loop. The only way out was to press the Cancel button that led to existing the install program.

I went to Adobe's Support knowledgebase and in the Troubleshooter, they suggest you copy the Photoshop Elements folder from the CD to your Windows Desktop. Having tried the above method 6 times unsuccessfully, I figured "why not?"

It worked. :D No prompts to "Please insert the disk: 1"! And it finished successfully.

Unfortunately in my case, every time I try to run PhotoMerge Panorama, PSE6 crashes. :evil:

Hope this helps someone