Installing/uninstalling Photoshop Cs3 Problem

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  1. desolater2001

    desolater2001 Well-Known Member

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    Well, I was working on Photoshop for 3-4 hours straight. I close it successfully. After an hour or so I open it again and I encountered this error.

    Error: "The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically."

    I thought it just requires a reinstall thats all. The problem is that I can't even install or un-install CS3. When I run the installer it doesn't comes up. After going through some stuff I finally managed to run the wizard. I selected remove but it is unsuccessful at the end.

    I have also tried deleting CS3 and removing the registries. When I start installing it finishes unsuccessfully again.

    My question is that, does anyone of you have a solution to this.

    My system
    HP Pavilion
    Core 2 duo 2.0
    2GB Ram
    Windows Vista Premium
     
  2. Prince Zainx

    Prince Zainx The Dark Prince

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    Easy Opinion
    Go into Safe Mode
    Log in as Administrator (not your usual account)
    Un-install Photoshop CS3 there

    To log in Safe Mode:
    - Restart Computer
    - Then Press the F8 Key and go into Safe Mode
    and go on from there

    If that does not work then download this:
    http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
    It is a freeware and helps a lot in the long run!
    Once installed go into Tools and Uninstall then Uninstall PSCS3 from there :)

    Hope it helped
    -Zain

    Edit: Oh and the error just means that the Licensing for the PS has stopped working...so You need to either re-install or call Adobe Support...
    IMO re-install to solve issue...the method above should work.
    It works for others :)
     
  3. .ZERO

    .ZERO Nigga wit a PSD

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  4. desolater2001

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    Well I finally got to install it at the end. Had to remove it manually, including the registries and stuff.
     
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  6. desolater2001

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    Thanx Zainu and .Zero for helping out. I finally managed to get it working
     
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    .ZERO Nigga wit a PSD

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