My scratch disk is full on Adobe Photoshop CS3. Help?

Question

I tried to make a new file and it said "Could Not Complete The Command Because Scratch Disks Are Full" so I went to Edit>Preferences>Performance and when I go to the Scratch Disk box I can't click on anything. I don't know how to change the scratch disk or transfer it to another file. Help would really be apreciated!

Answer 1

crsimon36's answer is the first thing I'd check, then I'd check my hard drive - you could be out of space. If it isn't your own personal music and movie collection hogging the drive ;-) it could be temp files. I've had some really weird issues with GIANT temp files from Photoshop (a couple Gb each)!

If you are using a PC, here is some great detailed information on how to find all those evil temp files and get them off your machine.

http://personal-computer-tutor.com/delet...

Answer 2

Closing an image should clear the scratch disk.  However, Edit > Purge > All will also clear the scratch disk.  Edit > Preferences to increase the size of the scratch disk.