Does anyone know if Adobe in it's infinite wisdom is about to or in the process of making and update so that Elements 4 can be used with Vista. I have read everything on their site and nowhere can I find anything about an update that is forth coming. Right now I am running it on Vista with it set up as it would be on XP SP2. Is there anyone on the forum running Elements 4 on Vista and if so how do you have it configured? J.B.

Sorry, I don't know the answer. Since no one else has replied yet may I suggest posting your question at:
* www.photoshopelementsuser.com/ (http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/) -or-
* The PS Elements forum at www.Adobe.com (http://www.Adobe.com)

Perhaps someone from one of those venues will be able to help get you going.

I believe there will not be an update to Elements 4 to run on Vista as the current version is Elements 5. Adobe tends to push aside old versions...It would be hell for them to support everything.

Since I posted this thread I have found out a way to run PE4 on Vista. Within Vista there is a small utility called "Program Compatibility Wizard" which will guide you through a procedure to run the program as it was designed to run. The only thing it doesn't do for PE4 is get the update to work properly. There is a work-around for this, going to the website and getting the update from there. Other than that all works properly, however, I don't think "Hidden Elements Tools" will work which is a great shame, but I can live with that. J.B.

The only thing it doesn't do for PE4 is get the update to work properly.
The updates never work quite right, I've seen lots of complaints about that. It is usually recommended to turn that *feature* off. Furthermore, there never are any updates, so do not bother with it.

Juergen

My sentiments exactly, will not use the update facility. Thanks for the advise. J.B.