I have used Lightroom with CS2 for quite a while with NO problems. I decided to install the 30-day trial version of CS3...after it expired, Lightroom continued to ask if I wanted to open exported photos in CS3, so I uninstalled it and ran CS3 Cleaner (level 1). Ever since then, I cannot get Lightroom to work. I open it and within a few minutes I receive the dreaded
"Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
(Yeah, I'll bet.) Photoshop CS2 started to do the same thing, but I was able to repair it through "Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs / Repair".
I have uninstaled and reinstalled LR several times, even trying older versions 1.0 and 1.1 to see if it made a difference...it didn't. The last uninstall I deleted all the catalogs and files, and even all registry keys associated with Lightroom, but when I reinstalled the same thing happened.
I attempted to "repair" the install (through Add/Remove Programs) like I did with CS2...but I get the following error message:
"The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'Adobe_Lightroom.msi' in the box below.The box (mentioned above) currently contains the following path:
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C:\DOCUME~1\ME\LOCALS~1\Temp\{22BD4AAF-E147-4995-82E3-B105B55ADAC2}\
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and when I click "OK" the file cannot be found.
I ran a search on my hard drives for "Adobe_Lightroom.msi", but nothing came up. Unfortunately I dont have an installation disk because I purchased LR as a download from the Adobe Store. I tried calling Adobe support but I was placed on permanent hold!!
Anyone here have an idea on how to fix this?