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Participating Frequently
November 13, 2025

my substance painter is forever corrupted?

  • November 13, 2025
  • 3 replies
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yesterday everything was fine. today i cant make a project, access shortcuts, or edit and update old project. i cant access easy mode. i cant find core files, ive reinstalled the aplication 3 times with no fix. each new install has the same issue. im using the steam 2025 version. how do i fix this

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Community Manager
November 18, 2025

It's a conflict with the new verison of Discord Overlay. You need to disable it. 
 https://community.adobe.com/t5/substance-3d-painter-bugs/discord-s-overlay-breaks-painter-s-buttons/idi-p/15591522 

Participating Frequently
November 16, 2025

so i reverted my security and its still doing it

Ares Hovhannesyan
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 14, 2025

Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation issues
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html