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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 19, 2017 0:15:39 GMT
Due to a circuit-breaker blackout and resulting hard shutdown, I have been troubleshooting some problems it has caused with one of our machines.
One of those being that opening Elements 12 results in the machine freezing up and necessitating a forced shut-down to get things going again; thus, I decided to uninstall and then reinstall E12 to see if that would fix the problem.
Hence, I had to dig under a ton of stuff and retrieve the box that E12 came in, so as to use the disc to reinstall the program; it is a miracle that the box and disc were findable at all.
So, I had an epiphany or whatever, can I not just copy the disc contents into a folder on the computer and install from there should the need ever arise again ?
If I can, then of course my next question is going to be is installation going to be as simple as running the application file from that folder?
Thanks for reading.
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Post by Andy on Nov 19, 2017 3:50:14 GMT
So, I had an epiphany or whatever, can I not just copy the disc contents into a folder on the computer and install from there should the need ever arise again ? If I can, then of course my next question is going to be is installation going to be as simple as running the application file from that folder? You can't just copy the contents of the CD/DVD to the computer. It is very likely the installer won't work correctly. There is a way that should work, but it is easier if you are running Windows 8 or higher. You first need software that will create what is called an ISO image from a CD/DVD. I'm a fan of the free imgburn. Then you have to be able to mount the image so that it looks like a CD/DVD to Windows. By doing that, the installer should work fine. Windows 8 and above have native support for mounting disk images. Windows 7 does not. You can read more here. Two reasons you might not want to do this: 1) This will take up considerable disk space on your computer, and for most of the time you won't be using it. 2) If the hard drive fails, you would have to go back to the DVD or a backup of the hard drive.
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 19, 2017 4:04:39 GMT
This is not what you want but . . . you could download a replacement installer for Elements 12 and make as many backup copies as you want -- on DVD, external HD, etc.
Download Photoshop Elements
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 19, 2017 4:13:36 GMT
Although I may try Andy's ISO file business just for the experience, I will also download the install files for both E7 and E12 from the source that Sepiana pointed out; downloading the already ready files is a lot less accident prone.
Thanks guys.
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