CS5 Keyboard Shortcuts stopped working

03/05/2012 09:56:36 PM · #1

I rely heavily on default and customized keyboard shortcuts in CS5. Without warning they have stopped working and I am forced to use the drop down menus. The keyboard shortcuts are still listed next to the items on the drop down menus...but they just won't work anymore. A few of the default ones like Ctrl+S still work but not all the default ones are working. I have tried reseting the shortcuts but no change.

Any advice?

pamb

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II

03/05/2012 10:03:34 PM · #2

Mate, if YOU'RE asking, we're all stuffed! Lol!
Back to work for me.... good luck. Let me know what the fix is when you find it.

spiritualspatula

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/05/2012 10:04:38 PM · #3

Do you have access to another keyboard?

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100

03/05/2012 10:05:48 PM · #4

Originally posted by spiritualspatula:

Do you have access to another keyboard?

I will plug another in later when I get my hands on it. Keyboard is working fine in other programmes though.

spiritualspatula

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/05/2012 10:11:52 PM · #5

k. Not sure if CS5 has the same issue, but CS4 was known for occasionally having your preferences file become corrupt (for whatever reason). You might look up the fixes for that. I don't work with CS5 myself, though, so beyond that, I don't have a ton of suggestions.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/05/2012 10:14:28 PM · #6

Originally posted by spiritualspatula:

Thanks, I will check it out.

adigitalromance

Nikon D750

03/06/2012 12:11:05 AM · #7

Try holding Ctrl+Alt+Shift then clicking on the icon to launch Photoshop. This will give you the option to reset your preferences file, including keyboard shortcuts. Bear in mind, if you have customized keyboard shortcuts, it will reset these to defaults.

You might save the keyboard shortcuts out to a file, reset defaults then try reloading them from the file. If you save corrupted data, however, it won't work. To be safe, you might write them down somewhere before you do anything.