Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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I have been troubleshooting the past couple days in trying to get my PSP to even open. I have googled and googled until my eyes just can't see anymore :(

I am running Windows 7 SP1. I have tried uninstalling using Revo Uninstaller, twice. I have also tried opening it by using the shift key which did reset the preferences but still won't open. I have turned off DEP svs for it.I have tried just about everything and I am very upset. Can anyone please help me? I can't afford to upgrade at this time.

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Re: Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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What exactly is happening when you try to launch PSP? What do you see? Any error messages?
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photodrawken wrote:What exactly is happening when you try to launch PSP? What do you see? Any error messages?
Absolutely nothing happens. The little circle goes round a couple seconds and then nothing. I have tried opening as administrator also, made a new shortcut, went to actual program icon, still nothing happens...at all.
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Did it ever work? Can you think of any changes you made to PSP or your system? Such as installing or removing a PSP plugin, or installing or removing any software?
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Re: Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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has anyone solved this problem. I just ran into it as well and had been having some difficulty loading it for quite some time; now it won't start up after countless uninstalls and reinstalls. what's up? :evil:

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Re: Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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Have you looked at the Task Manager to see if perhaps PSP is still a running process. This has happened to me from time to time and if I end the process via the Task Manager and then launch the program it will work.
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Re: Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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I have noticed sometimes that a program does not start immediately and resist the urge to try and double click the icon to start it again. At one time I had 4 instances of Microsoft Office Outlook running at the same time and could not access the mail. Liooking in the task manager and clossing down those other instances solved the problem.
I think some of the slowness in opening may be due to the program checking for updates on the internet which may slow the opening down. In any case I have sometimes had it take 30 seconds or more to open. Uninstalling and reinstalling should be a last resort.
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Re: Paintshop Pro X3 won't start up

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It is not running at all. I've checked task manager; it does not show up there. It did start getting real slow starting up for a while; then I got a message that a message could not be sent to the application (something like that), but now I don't get anything at all. It just does not start up.
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