Moto
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Post by Moto on Nov 18, 2016 7:28:17 GMT
but I have no idea how to do what that says. How to make a Shortcut to a Folder. It's easy. I'm using Windows 10 and Elements 15. It should be the same on all modern Windows(7-10). 1) In File Explorer right click the uncompressed folder PS_Plugins_x64 and click on Create shortcut. 2) A shortcut in the same folder will show up named PS_Plugins_x64 - Shortcut. Edit: If the shortcut doesn't show up in the folder create the shortcut on the desktop. 3) Move the shortcut to C:/Program Files/Adobe/Photoshop Elements 15/Plug-Ins. If Elements is open, close and re-open it. Note: I don't have Topaz, but the technique worked with Wire Worm 64 bit. |
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Post by Major Major on Nov 18, 2016 16:29:29 GMT
Elements 13, 14, and 15 are 64-bit apps. Just go to the Plug-Ins folder in Elements 13, copy the Topaz files (folders) and paste them in the Plug-Ins folder in both Elements 14 and 15. That seems like a solution that is extremely wasteful of resources; only one copy is needed. The solution recommended by Topaz, to create a shortcut and place it in the plug-ins folder would be much better, but I don't know how to go about it. Tom - Just locate the PSE13 plug-ins folder, right click on it, choose Send to Desktop (create shortcut), and then drag that where you need it. |
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 18, 2016 18:53:12 GMT
Thanks Moto ! That got me going on the right track. What had to be done was this: - Navigate to the folder containing the 8bf file for the plugin (for example: C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs\Topaz Adjust 5\PS_Plugins_x64)
- Right click on the 8bf file and chose Create shortcut
- A window pops up saying the shortcut can't be created here, and offers to place it on the desktop; click Yes
- I then cut&pasted the shortcut from the desktop into the Elements Plugins folder (for example: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 15\Plug-Ins)
Repeat for each of the missing plugins and all is well! By using shortcuts to the existing plugins only one copy of each is needed, saving much disc space and the inevitable system rot that occurs when multiple copies of a file exist. Thanks again to all who helped! |
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Post by Major Major on Nov 18, 2016 19:09:53 GMT
Tom -
You could have saved yourself some steps by just making a shortcut to the folder rather than the individual plug-ins.
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 18, 2016 19:25:41 GMT
What had to be done was this: - Navigate to the folder containing the 8bf file for the plugin (for example: C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs\Topaz Adjust 5\PS_Plugins_x64)
- Right click on the 8bf file and chose Create shortcut
- A window pops up saying the shortcut can't be created here, and offers to place it on the desktop; click Yes
- I then cut&pasted the shortcut from the desktop into the Elements Plugins folder (for example: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 15\Plug-Ins)
Repeat for each of the missing plugins and all is well! By using shortcuts to the existing plugins only one copy of each is needed, saving much disc space and the inevitable system rot that occurs when multiple copies of a file exist.
I guess I am just being dense; I don't really understand what this need to create a shortcut is all about. All the Topaz files within the Plug-Ins folder in Elements are automatically created as shortcuts. So, when I said earlier in this thread . . .
Elements 13, 14, and 15 are 64-bit apps. Just go to the Plug-Ins folder in Elements 13, copy the Topaz files (folders) and paste them in the Plug-Ins folder in both Elements 14 and 15.
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 13\Plug-Ins
. . . the files being copied/pasted from Elements 13 into Elements 14 and 15 were already shortcuts. To me it looks like you are adding an extra step by creating a shortcut when Topaz has designed the installer(s) to do it. And you also had to repeat the copy/paste job for each missing plug-in. See this screen shot of the Plug-ins folder in Elements (File type = Shortcut).
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 18, 2016 19:30:36 GMT
You could have saved yourself some steps by just making a shortcut to the folder rather than the individual plug-ins. I did try that first; it worked in the sense that the plugin became available, but I got an error message when Elements started up, saying that a plugin was unavailable (I don't recall the exact wording now). Making a shortcut to the actual file cleared that up. |
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 18, 2016 19:36:08 GMT
copy the Topaz files (folders) and paste them in the Plug-Ins folder in both Elements 14 and 15. It sounds like you were suggesting to copy the entire plugin folders to the newer versions of Elements, when all that is needed is shortcuts to where the plugins actually reside. It sounds like we all learned a little something here! |
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Post by Major Major on Nov 18, 2016 19:39:05 GMT
You could have saved yourself some steps by just making a shortcut to the folder rather than the individual plug-ins. I did try that first; it worked in the sense that the plugin became available, but I got an error message when Elements started up, saying that a plugin was unavailable (I don't recall the exact wording now). Making a shortcut to the actual file cleared that up. I got that message at first as well. I think it was due to duplicate shortcuts in the plug-ins folder. Once I had that sorted out, it worked fine. |
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 18, 2016 19:49:07 GMT
copy the Topaz files (folders) and paste them in the Plug-Ins folder in both Elements 14 and 15. It sounds like you were suggesting to copy the entire plugin folders to the newer versions of Elements, when all that is needed is shortcuts to where the plugins actually reside. It sounds like we all learned a little something here!
I meant copying/pasting just the Topaz folders for the "missing" plug-ins. As I explained before and showed in my screen shot, these folders are already shortcuts. My point is . . . why go to the trouble of creating a shortcut when the Topaz installer has already done it for you? Also, you had to repeat copying/pasting the shortcut you created for each missing plug-in. To me, it looks like the same process as the one I suggested, with the difference that you added an extra step.
But, as I said before . . . it could be that I am just being dense. 
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Post by Tpgettys on Nov 18, 2016 20:12:28 GMT
why go to the trouble of creating a shortcut when the Topaz installer has already done it for you? LOL! Because the installer did NOT create the necessary shortcuts; that's where it all started. Anyway, no worries now, it is all sorted out. |
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 18, 2016 20:24:53 GMT
why go to the trouble of creating a shortcut when the Topaz installer has already done it for you? LOL! Because the installer did NOT create the necessary shortcuts; that's where it all started. Anyway, no worries now, it is all sorted out.
OK. I got it. When you said . . .
I found that I have all the topaz products I have purchased installed in PSE 13, but not in 14 or 15.
. . . I thought that the installer had installed all your Topaz plug-ins in Elements 13 as shortcuts (as it was supposed to do). In my case . . . these two updates didn't get installed in Elements 15 but got installed in all other versions of Elements (as well as in all versions of Photoshop CC). And they got installed as shortcuts. So all I had to do was copy them from one version of Elements to the other.
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