Problem starting Photoshop 7 1

[0987123]

I recently upgraded my Win XP Pro and have had very little
trouble with any apps as a result (e.g., Elements and Album 2.0 run fine).
However, when I went to start Photoshop 7, I got the message: "This
application has failed to start because AXEParser.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem." Then when tried to reinstall have message that serial number is "inccorect". How coul be inccorect when I have full purchased version?

My question is: Do I need to reinstall at all? Any idea what function may be
affected by the absence of this file? I really hate to go through the
re-install hassle, but I would also hate to edit an image and then find I
couldn't use certain filters, effects, etc.

Any thoughts?

Thanks, Bootso

 

[barehug]

Was it a service pack upgrade, or did you upgrade from an earlier OS(EG: Win98)?

If it was an earlier version of windows, I would really advise a clean install.

The elder geek has a good walk through of it.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/

If not, you could try copying AXEParser.dll from an another Adobe app to your Photoshop directory, or try downloading it from here...(under 'A').

http://www.dynamiclink.nl/frames/comp.htm

Got to advise the clean install howvever.

Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.

 

[0987123]

Thanks BAREHUG. I followed your instruction and it OK now. By the way I did not upgrade from previous version (ie Win98) I just run Windows Update on my existing XP Pro.