You are just opening them and they do this?
But even when there are projects open, they shouldn't do that.
Having too many apps open will slow you down, but they shouldn't freeze. I'm having those open sometimes for days (but also I'm not running Sonoma).
Are you running any Window manager in your system? Or a clipboard manager?
Do you have a lot of fonts installed? Third party plugins in any of the apps?
Have you experienced any issues with files you have in Creative Cloud lately?
Have you experienced any other issues that could point to a cause?
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