Vista and Photoshop Elements 5.0 Vista Bugs and Problems Discuss Vista and Photoshop Elements 5.0 in the Windows Vista forums; Having problems importing photos into Photoshop-downloaded the patch from adobe but still no luck- Any ideas? Thanks...

[bobnamen@hotmail.com]

Having problems importing photos into Photoshop-downloaded the patch from adobe but still no luck-
Any ideas?
Thanks

[ultralexy]

Are you getting any kind of error messages? If so, please post them.

[bobnamen@hotmail.com]

Error message states--

Microsoft (ODBC Microsoft Acess Driver) Invalid datetime format (null)
Any ideas?

[felix8406]

You can try downloading the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) from Microsoft http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx.

I know you mentioned downloading the latest Adobe patch, but here's the address just in case http://www.adobe.com/downloads/.

[ultralexy]

Are all your photos that you are trying to import in the same folder? Have you tried to import from a different folder?

[baron152]

I just bought an Acer Aspire 9410 laptop with a dual-core processor and 2 GB memory and Windows Vista installed.

I attach my Canon 30D as usual and PhotoShop Elements 5.0 (PSE5) shows the camera but states "No Valid Files" under the box.

I then took some quick RAW and a JPG photos and it Downloaded the JPG in seconds but ignored the RAW file.

I then "moved" the Files (RAW & JPG) to a desktop folder and PSE5 recognized all of them and uploaded them into the PSE5 program.


I then tried a DVD with 200+ RAW files from a shoot and PSE5 again uploaded them from the disk with no problem. I can view the thumbnails and the photos in the organizer as usual.

I then went to my desktop and uploaded the photos from the camera directly into PSE5. The desktop is running Windows XP so I am led to believe that this is a PSE5/Vista compatibility problem.

Now an additional problem is that the .CR2 files that have been uploaded from the disk and into PSE5 have problems opening.

When I try to open the .CR2 files into the editor, I get a message that states "Camera Raw requires a minimum display resolution of 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high. Your display is set to a lower resolution. Continue anyway?" My resolution is set to 1440 X 900. I have also tried all of the other resolutions offered and still get the same message.

I have updated both Vista and PSE5 with the latest updates and I have installed the most recent ACR plugin.

As a check, I also tried to upload to Picasa2 and all it did was recognize the camera but never download. Again this seems to be a Vista compatiblity problem. Picasa is also up to date as of today. (February 27, 2007)

I guess I am hoping that someone is going to tell me of a check box or something that will fix this.

Thanks for any help on this

[baron152]

I got part of my problem solved. I handled the part where the
computer wasn't reading my resolution by changing the .EXE properties
section of each executable file in the PSE5 program. I am still
working on the download from the camera problem.

dazzlin from the VistaBabble.com website offered the following for
when you have software problems in Vista;


This was mentioned in other threads, but I thought it was useful
enough to make a thread of its own. If you are having a problem with a
piece of software working in Windows Vista, try the following before
pulling your hair out, or throwing your computer against the wall.


1. Right-click on the program's .exe file and choose Properties
2. Click on the Compatibility tab.
3. Check the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode
for" Windows XP


(You'll notice it also has a box that can be checked to run the
program in Administrator mode. That may also solve a problem or two).

I didn't see any mention of the media which was used to import the photos. Was it a network connection? Was it a CD/DVD? Was it a Memory Stick?

Also didn't see any mention of the camera which was used for the raw photos.

I'm using a Canon and have imported RAW (xxx.CRW), Photoshop, and jpeg files from DVD, CD, Memorex Travel Drive, SanDisk Cruzer, Directly from the CompactFlash through a USB connection.

I have imported almost a thousand photos (mix of .CRW .PSD and .JPG) without a hickup.

I have only done the import and view in the file manager. I have yet to categorize and process any of them. BUT to date PhotoShop Elements 5.0.2 has performed flawlessly.

[RickyBobby]

Welcome to Vista.

[ProCookie]

Try The Adobe Photoshop CS3 BETA, It has vista support.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/