I hate to be the odd man out and side with Adobe (and no, I have no financial tie that necessitates that), but the manufacturer of the plugin should be responsible for their instructions, not Adobe. In order to build a plugin, it takes a reasonable knowledge of the entire system, and with that knowledge comes responsibility, and the likelihood that they know better than Adobe how it should be installed. The plug in maker can either provide an installer, instructions of their own, or you can:
"Make sure the plug‑in files are uncompressed, and then copy them to the appropriate Plug‑ins folder in the Photoshop Elements folder."
They should have suggested restarting Elements, perhaps, but other than that I think the instructions are valid. As one who makes add-ons (not really plugins) for Elements I don't expect Adobe to support my products -- and in fact prefer that they don't even try because they generally have no idea what I've been doing (which is demonstrated by the mere fact that I can do it).
Does anyone have suggestions for how their materials can be improved, as perhaps I am not seeing the joke?
"Make sure the plug‑in files are uncompressed, and then copy them to the appropriate Plug‑ins folder in the Photoshop Elements folder."
They should have suggested restarting Elements, perhaps, but other than that I think the instructions are valid. As one who makes add-ons (not really plugins) for Elements I don't expect Adobe to support my products -- and in fact prefer that they don't even try because they generally have no idea what I've been doing (which is demonstrated by the mere fact that I can do it).
Does anyone have suggestions for how their materials can be improved, as perhaps I am not seeing the joke?