I am unable to start/open the program. I receive the message, "The ODBC data
source returned the following error:
There was a problem opening the catalog named "my catalog"

Another user or application may have the catalog open(not the case to my
knowledge),or one or more files may be missing, out of date, or damaged.

"[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default
driver specified"
My attempt to compact and recover the catalog are not successful. Any ideas?

Geo wrote:
> I am unable to start/open the program. I receive the
> message, "The ODBC data source returned the following
> error:
> There was a problem opening the catalog named "my catalog"
>
> Another user or application may have the catalog open(not
> the case to my knowledge),or one or more files may be
> missing, out of date, or damaged.
>
> "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not
> found and no default driver specified"
> My attempt to compact and recover the catalog are not
> successful. Any ideas?
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Have a look here:

Troubleshoot system errors or freezes (Photoshop
Album on Windows XP)
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/328309.html

Photoshop Album Starter Edition User to User Forums
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/w...Gx.0@.3bb8b6b9


Also....I found the following in the Adobe Forums:
Try it at your own risk!

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After several false starts, I found this fix that works in an earlier
thread:

Mike Bibbings - 6:52am Aug 9, 05 PST (#10 of 15)

Try the following it worked for me on 2 PCs each with Windows XP (Home)
SP2

1. Click Start, Run and type cmd, this will bring up a command prompt

2. (For Win XP) Type in: cd c:\windows\system32, press enter

(For Win 2000) Type in: cd c:\winnt\system32, press enter

3. Type in: odbcconf /f odbcconf.rsp, press enter

This should configure your odbc according to the response file
(odbcconf.rsp).

Mike
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Good luck...


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