Adobe Photoshop CS2 crashes upon startup with "Unable to continue because of a hardware
or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable." Clicking OK
results in hard crash. This error occurs on the second and subsequent starts.
This is due to a missing Windows font package (Times32), and can be permanently fixed by adding the Times32 font package. However, if you have Times32 installed for Linux, you won't be able to install Windows Times32 , so you have to install winetricks with corefonts and vcrun6 modules BEFORE installing Photoshop CS2, as a workaround.
If that's too much work for you, there is a quick and dirty fix that doesn't require installing anything, and needs no net conenction to make the application function:
QUICK WORKAROUND: You can force Photoshop CS2 to start by holding down
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT while starting the application in Windows or Linux, or
Command+Option+Shift in Mac OSX. You will be presented with a dialog
box that asks if you wish to delete the settings file. Selecting Yes
will delete the file, and allow the application to start as normal.
PERMANENT FIX: The permanent fix is actually very simple, and wont' ahve any apparent effect on the functionality of the software at all...
The
problematic file is the General Settings file, "Adobe Photoshop CS2
Prefs.psp", which references the default fonts Adobe expects to be
installed. If for any reason these fonts, or any other files, are not
installed or not functioning as expected, the application will
terminate to the desktop. This settings file is located here:
/home/[USER PROFILE]/.cxoffice/[CS2 INSTALLATION BOTTLE
NAME]/drive_c/windows/profiles/crossover/Application
Data/Adobe/Photoshop/9.0/Adobe Photoshop CS2 Settings/Adobe Photoshop
CS2 Prefs.psp
Naturally, replace [USER PROFILE] with the user name you are
working under, and replace the [CS2 INSTALLATION BOTTLE NAME] with
whatever you named the bottle you installed Photoshop CS2 under in
Crossover.
Now, if you've encountered this error, you've already run CS2
twice, and the settings file has already been created and corrupted.
Although deleting it will allow you to start CS2, it will AGAIN store a
corrupted file when you exit the application, and when you restart
the application, you'll repeat the same fatal error as usual.
So, having located this file, perform the following steps:
(1) Rename or delete the corrupted file
(2) Start CS2. It should start just fine.
(3) IMMEDIATELY after it has started, change the permissions on the
fresh, newly re-created settings file (Adobe Photoshop CS2 Prefs.psp) to READ
ONLY. You can do this in your file browser, or, if you are at the
command line, use the following command:
chmod -w ./Adobe\ Photoshop\ CS2\ Prefs.psp
(4) Rejoice. Your work here is done.
Now, whenever CS2 exits, it will no longer overwrite the fresh,
working settings file, and you will always be able to start it without
the annoying error and subsequent crash.
Chris McKay
www.Linux-Disks.com
