To clarify, we are talking about Adobe's Photoshop Album Starter Edition
3.2. I never said the data was erased, only that it doesn't allow it to
be seen. Adobe installs its application "apdproxy" in startup for its
Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2. This startup application, while
enabling easy access to the Photoshop 3.2, also only allows an inserted
flash drive's photo content to be seen. When inserting a flash drive,
Photoshop 3.2 takes over, opens it, and displays any images contained in
the flashdrive, including any graphics contained in a document but not
the document itself. On one network system, the flashdrive would not
even show up in Windows Explorer as long as Photoshop 3.2 had control of
it. The only way to see the drive and flashdrive's original data, is to
disable Photoshop's "apdproxy" in startup, reboot and start over.
Without "apdproxy" running, the drive as well as the data can be seen
and accessed normally.
Additionally, "apdproxy" is reinstalled every time Photoshop Starter
Edition 3.2 is updated so one has to go back in and disable it.
I have seen this issue develop on several Win XP SP2 computers, some
standalone and some networked. I would hope that this behavior is an
overlooked bug and not a feature.
Richard P.
Someone that makes the mistake of not un-checking Photo Shop will end up
with a nasty surprise when they put their data flashdrive in, only to find
out that now they can only see images and their data is nowhere to be
found. This is supposedly a reputable company who's program takes over a
user's flash drive and won't allow data to be seen.
Photoshop does not erase flash drives. You must have your computer
misconfigured. Care to provide more detais?
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