Just got a new hard drive the other day so I formated, re-installed Vista
Ultimate 32.
I installed a few other things patches, drivers, a few games then I
installed Aobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Everytime I'd run it nothing would
happen I could see it listed in the task manager but the program would never
start. Eventually I came across this error - Error "Licensing for this
product has stopped working" which lead me to
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...1528&sliceId=2
this knowledge base article. After trying many of the items with no succes
(by the way I had no flexnet directories in the applcation data (hidden
folders). I decided to just do a clean install again and install Elements
before anything else.
Much to my surprise I had the same issue, clicked on the icon and nothing
happens the program is still listed in the task manager. Then I copied the
program to my C: drive and installed from there, same issue.
Next I downloaded the 30 day trial and installed it, it worked fine, so I
uninstalled it reinstalled from the DVD, and same issue.
Checking the application event log the only odd things I noticed where these
but I'm not sure what they mean.
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop
Elements 6.0\Photoshop Elements 6.0.exe". Dependent Assembly
Microsoft.VC80.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",pub licKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",versio n="8.0.50727.762"
could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
I see it 4 times in a row during the time period when Adobe was installed.
I'd appreciate any help anyone has.
Thanks
P.S. It was working on my Computer prior to the reformat/reinstall on the
new HD.
Linear Mode
