iTunes doesn't recognize Photoshop Elements 4.0

After upgrading Photoshop Elements from V3.0 to V4.0, iTunes (5.0.1) no longer finds Photoshop. The iTunes documentation says it support PE 3.0 and higher, but apparently 4.0 breaks it. Any ideas?

Posted on Oct 10, 2005 6:43 PM

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Jan 23, 2006 10:32 PM in response to yedpod

OK, I found a way to solve this problem. Hopefully is
going to be fixed in a new version.

Basically the problem is that the registry location
of the catalog is different between 4.0 and 3.0.
Luckily iTunes doesn’t have any problems reading the
Catalog file for 4.0.

WARNING 1: If you have never used regedit
before, then this trick is probably not for you.
WARNING 2: Is a good idea to make a backup of
the registry before changing it.

1) Create the Key "3.0" under
HKEY LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop Elements
2) Create the Key "Organizer" under the Key "3.0"
you created in the last step
3) Create 2 String Values under Organizer:
CurrentDatabaseName
CurrentDatabasePath
4) Enter the name of your catalog file in the first
one and the path in the second one.


Tips:
1) You can copy the values from the Key for 4.0 if
you didn’t change the default location of the
Catalog, otherwise you have to look in HKCU for the
right ones (or in Photoshop Elements)
2) If it doesn’t work, try with or without the
extension .psa for the "CurrrentDatabaseName" Value


ENJOY!

Windows
XP Pro


I followed your instructions and got things working. I recently installed itunes 6.02 (didn't check if this created a problem with Photoshop), and today the new updater 1/10/2006, now none of the catalog entries are showing up. Have you had a problem with either of these?

Jan 31, 2006 1:01 PM in response to Stanley Rose

The synchronization with Photoshop Element 4.0 worked fine for me until I upgraded iTunes to 6.0.2....I got a very annoying "unspecified error" when synchronizing my iPod and it took me a while to figure out that the photo synchronization was causing the problem.
I tried the registry fix, but that didn't help. I can see the Photoshop Elements option in the dropdown box for iPod synchronization options, but when I select it, I get the error message. The option to select specific PSE collections is disabled. (Synchronizing with a folder works just fine).
Apple, are you going to fix this?! I now have an iPod Photo that does not synchronize photos the way I was promised!!

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