Before going to Clean Install XP I would remove and reinstall both YSI and PhotoShop.

If I run across any other ideas I will post them.

Already uninstalled and reinstalled both programs still didn't work --thanks for helping and please post any new ideas.
Charlotte

Are you running XP SP2?

What anti-virus are you using? What Firewall? Perhaps just as a brief test turn off these applications.

Definitely during installations turn them off.

Try booting into Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping the F8 key after your BIOS POST but before Windows starts. See if it will work there.

tried safemode --same error message --tried reinstalling and made sure antivirus and firewall were off --still no luck -I am at a lost, and have had no reply at YSI forum,I only know a little about this kind of stuff but seems to me from the message it is a java ? problem? Or maybe Java isn't being directed to the right place ,like I said I am at a lost.

My tracing leads to Photoshop (or at least it perhaps has the tools to debug this).

Here is the general search I started with:

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...riptFile+error

I found this Photoshop page dealing with JavaScript Errors:

http://212.14.233.133/portal_resourc...ting_guide.pdf

2.10.3 JavaScript Debugging
This section describes the information and controls that the main Script Debugger window
provides.
In Photoshop you can use the JavaScript Debugger Window to step through your JavaScript
code.
JavaScript can be executed in two different ways: from the UI via the “Scripts...” menu and
from AppleScript of VisualBasic via the do javascript methods.
When running JavaScript from the UI you must hold down the option key on the Mac and
alt on Windows to activate the debugger. When you hold down this modifier key the “Run
Script” button changes to “Debug Script”.
When invoking JavaScript from AppleScript or VB you must set the show debugger
argument appropriately.
If you set show debugger to never you will disable debugging. This corresponds to
running the JavaScript from the UI without holding down the modifier key.
If you set show debugger to on runtime error your JavaScript will execute normally
until it detects a run-time error or until it meets a “debugger;” call (see below for an example).
When this happens execution will be stopped and the JavaScript debugger will be shown.
If you set show debugger to at beginning your JavaScript will halt before executing the
first line of JavaScript code and the debugger will be shown. This mode corrseponds to
executing JavaScripts from the UI while holding down the modifier key.

What does UI mean?
Thanks

I am assuming User Interface.

After further searching that link it looks like a guide to creating script but I was hoping that there was a way to access the debugging tool through Photoshop.

When you open Photoshop do you see a SCRIPTS menu?