I have Photoshop 5.02 and works fine. Whenever I have installed PS 6, it has worked fine too. But if I have 6 installed either on the same HD as 5.02 or not, either on startup disk or not, it (ie. 6) always fires up when I open any PS file on either of my HDs. True, I can open 5.02 and open a file from within. But this is not what I want for various reasons.
I tried this: I started on HD 2. I installed 6 on this disk using the proper PS installer. I restarted on HD 1 which does not have 6 (only 5). Now the problem: files (at least ones made in 5) should surely open up in 5. The startup disk only has 5 on it, its system folder and preferences etc are as before. But not so. Double clicking on any PS file fires up 6. How the hell ...(As if there is a strange quantum effect going on ... it knows there is a later app on another disk ... bit creepy!)? I have this idea that the 7600 takes its instructions from the startup disk and especially from the start-up disk's system folder, its preferences, and in particular it looks at a file and asks itself what app "owns" it. Somehow the instruction of what the creator code and file type info belong to gets switched... I want both 5 and 6 (5 for quick starting and no horrid popup menu features, and I have much auto programming done in it; and 6 for some features to do with text and generating HTML pages). My machine seems to know that 6 is on it even though I start on the HD with its own system folder on which nothing about 6 should be known. What goes on? I installed 6 properly on a quite different HD. Anyone know how this can be? Can anyone help please. How can I barrier proof between 2 HDs? Do I really have to use two different computers altogether to do what I want? Please note, I am not trying to operate any apps that are not on a disk I start. And my problem is nothing to do with where the pictures (files) I am opening are resident. Really stuck on this one. I was a year or two ago too. (7600;G3/4;2xinternal HDs;512RAM) david_elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
