Troubles with Photoshop

[Aarikku]

Recently, I installed a copy of Photoshop Elements 3.0, which came free with my old Wacom tablet, on my new Windows 7 computer. It works, sort of. There's a weird, glitchy grid.

It's hard to describe, so here's a picture. Click! Has anyone seen something like this before?

Thanks!

 

[sergiogarcia9]

Hmmm.... you might wanna try to reinstall PSE

Or try to run it under Vista or XP compatibility

 

[Aarikku]

Installing it once was hard enough; I had to install it on a separate computer, drag the files over to Windows 7 and then install it so I could enter the serial number. (Installing it normally just had it quit halfway through...)

I've tried running it in different compatibility modes, no change.

 

[FZ21Z]

Installing it once was hard enough; I had to install it on a separate computer, drag the files over to Windows 7 and then install it so I could enter the serial number.

Eh?

 

[Aarikku]

It wouldn't actually install on Windows 7. So I installed it on a separate computer, put the files on a USB drive and transferred them. It wouldn't open because the serial number hadn't been entered on the Windows 7 computer. So I installed the program from there, got fare enough to enter the serial number and now it opens.

 

[Cato]

According to the Windows 7 compatibility site only Elements 7 (with paid upgrade) and Elements 8 are compatible with Windows 7.

There may be a workaround, but I have a feeling it won't be easy.

 

[Aarikku]

Hmm. Well, I'm certainly not buying another version of Photoshop. *sigh*

 

[546 Inspiron]

I installed my old PS Elements 5 on my new win/7/64bit and it is fine.