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oops, I edited the message with the explanationsagain while you where posting
So when you try both suggestions, you don't even see the Circle with the down facing arrow, on the Browser? and, pushing it, select "dock on the palette well"?
If not, try again deleting your preferences: hit SHIFT+ALT+CONTROL when you click on the Photoshop icon (you have to launch it from the program icon)
You should see a message asking if you're sure that you want to delete your preferences...
Please tell us if you've seen that!
You can also simply search your hard drive for a *.psp file and delete it. It will be called something along the lines of "Adobe Photoshop X Prefs.psp".
;\ Sorry if I sounded harsh... of course one cannot know everything about our beloved program. No one knows everything!
[honesty] So true joanykins! Stranger things have been known to happen... 8[ and, FYI, in the future, the first "diagnostic test" would be to shut PS down and relaunch it. Things do go "awry" for no obviously apparent reason... [confused]
In conclusion, I'm just glad to see that you're "back on track" and that you're happily playing with PS again!
[righton] glad to see you got it all back to normal........ we have to remember that ps is memory hungry and an occasional shut down does wonders as you found out he he he
sfm
Depending on how many images the file browser is being asked to display, it can hog up a lot of memory. There are ways to clear memory, including clearing your clipboard, history, etc. One of the fastest ways though is what you did....simply quitting and relaunching the app.
MY BROWSER IN PS7 IS STUCK! 
Linear Mode
