greg14

I have 3 images in Photoshop that are no longer an image that can be opened.
2 images state when clicked: "it could not be opened because the file is missing" TRUE as they are the original images that are no longer available.
Another one is from a direct import from my iPhone, it was a test to verify that a photo app worked.
I deleted if from the hard drive as I could not delete it from Photoshop Directly, the image is in the listing when the PS is opened BUT when I click on the image PS opens and there is nothing there.

In other words there are images in the listing page that opens when PS is clicked but no longer have the ability to open in PS, they may be thumbnail images only.

I have a Mac with the latest version of El Captain.

Thanks,

Greg

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

what version of P/S?
If you are using Bridge you just right click on the image and send it trash.

AzShooter1 Loc: Surprise, Az.

When you Delete you must mark the box that says Delete From Catalog as well and the picture will be gone. If it still show (it shouldn't) highlight it without opening the picture and use your DELETE KEY.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Yes, I've had similar "ghost" files too on my Windows systems. They don't seem to hurt anything and I've found they eventually "vanish". Since I'm using Windows it may very well be different with a Mac. But since you do have a Mac it is most likely a Photoshop issue. When I've gotten "Ghost" / Mystery / Empty / Corrupted files that are being shown or listed by Bridge I just close and reopen the entire Photoshop "suite" and they disappear. If you have a "non-file" / "null" file showing in your or by your O/S there may a problem somewhere. I've found they do no harm but possibly annoy you, and they usually "get lost" or vanish with time. I might think after DE-FRAGMENTATION.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

First off PC C??? is not a file manager.

If you are alluding to the or 'open recent file' at the bottom of that list you can select 'Clear recent'. You can modify the length of this list using the program options (Control/Command-K) and click on 'file handling' tab then modify the count located under 'Recent files list contain:

If you are using LR or PSE organizer, I do not use those so I cannot help.

Note that YOU CAN delete files from PS CC as in any other program when you select 'open file'. You then are the disk access level. Delete/move/copy as you would on a mac. I really do not suggest you to do this.

Bobbee

Take a look up in your C:/users/<user>/My Documents/Adobe/Cache Or something like that.

greg14

(1)
I have the latest version of Lightroom CC Photoshop 2015.5.1
I do not use Bridge
(2)
Where is the "Delete From Catalog" ?
Whenever I click on the image blank screen appears in the box
(3)
I hit the clear recent and all the images were removed,
I checked LR and the edited images are still there
Hopefully that ends the issue,
Thanks
Greg

Bobbee

look at your cache

greg14

On another site, they suggested that I hit the "clear recent" tab
It worked, they all went away, but the edited ones are still in LR>
I believe that should be the answer.
Thanks
Greg

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

You confused everyone by saying your problem is with photoshop, when actually it is with Lightroom and Photoshop. Seems like you've figured out a way to delete a file on the computer.

When you delete a file in Lr, you can merely delete ir from the catalog, in which case the file will still be on your hard drive. Or you can opt to remove the file from the computer as well.

When you delete the file in Finder, LR is not aware that you did that, so the preview will still show the image but you will get the 'file missing' error. Press delete while the image is selected to remove it from the catalog.

CharlieMac

I also have a new 27" iMac and my old CS5 Photoshop acts up occasionally.
My old iMac didn't have this Photoshop problem, it's the only piece of software that acts up occasionally.

I have to quit Photoshop. Then restart my iMac 5K with Fusion Drive. When I then reopen Photoshop my troubles are gone. It's worth a try.
Maybe Fusion gets full or??? Whatever I love this Mac it's super fast, and the Retina screen offers a fantasric image display.

Charlie.)

greg14

My problem was with Photoshop, the 3 images were in Photoshop not LR>
2 of the images were transfers from LR for further enhancements/adjustments and the other was the test transfer from my iPhone.

After I PP the 2 images I transferred them back to LR and they are in LR with the changes, an Image stayed in my "Recent Files" when I opened Photoshop.

You have to understand that I rarely use PS, (only 3 images since January when I transferred from Apple Aperture) so in the past when I clicked in LR to send it to PS the image opened and I worked on it and sent it back to LR without paying attention or having the need to see the opening cover page (or whatever it is called).

This popped up because of my direct transfer of the new software update to the iPhone app allowing the direct transfer.

What I believe the "Cover Page" is, is simply a history of what was done previously or a "track Record" if you will, but the new direct transfer skewed that in that I had to click on the image to open it and therefore I mistook the other images "History" as still being open in PS.

In other words, as the previous poster mention that the images do go away either because of time or whatever the maximum amount of images is in the "Recent Files" gets overridden.

I hope somehow in my convoluted answer it makes sense to everyone.

Thanks
Greg

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

So far as I know, all an application that makes, modifys changes can only Close, Save, or Save As files. To delete (meaning throw away) the file must be put in trash bin (it is really a special named folder) and from it 'deleted.' All this process does is erase all of the file's data in the computers list of files (this list is just a record of file name, type, first byte address to location on storage media, checksum, and other little file indicators). The storage media file is not erased but its space is now available for overwriting. After awhile the storage gets littered with little bits off unused space. Some operating systems are better at reconsolidating the stored files, some are not.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Are you talking about the File>Open Recent choice? If so, and if you have already moved or deleted that image, it will remain in that list of recently worked on files until you eventually work on more images and they drop off the list.

greg14

Yes, I believe that is how it works, not having many PS images they 3 stayed on the "history" as an image until I decided to remove the "clear recent".
Now that I understand the process I will not react to the images being shown.

thanks,

Greg