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February 4, 2020

P: Crashes When Printing

  • February 4, 2020
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Photoshop 21.0.2 began crashing near the end of my workday today and I found this video here https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#restore_preferences and it said you would like to get the zipped copy of my corrupt Photoshop preferences file to take a look at.

I've moved Adobe Photoshop 2020 Prefs.psp to my desktop and next time I opened Photoshop it printed fine, so I'll reset my preferences by hand. Attached is my zipped corrupted preferences file. I don't see a way to attach a file here so I've uploaded it here http://mediaservices1.com/george/AdobePhotoshop2020Prefs.zip

I'll delete the file later.

- Best Wishes,
George Conklin

8 replies

Known Participant
February 13, 2020
Hi Jeffrey, I don't know the turnaround time on looking at these corrupted preferences files but wondered if you found anything in the 2 I sent? I haven't had any issues since - oh and it probably bears mentioning that I don't think I've ever had to reset preferences previously, if memory serves.
Known Participant
February 7, 2020
Okay, thanks Jeffrey. If I can provide any more info just let me know. I see I'm not getting email notifications about replies here yet, but I just verified my email address. I don't check that email address often but I'll try to keep an eye out for any follow ups here.
Legend
February 6, 2020
Thanks. I've asked engineering to take a look.
Known Participant
February 6, 2020
Hello again, here's another corrupt preferences file http://mediaservices1.com/george/AdobePhotoshop2020Prefs2020-02-06.zip

I was going to say I make minimal changes to preferences, but when I opened preferences and checked around I don't really see anything to change, although I might add a Scratch Disk now that I've looked again.

Any insight as to what's going on would be appreciated.
Known Participant
February 6, 2020
Not sure how the forums work, I replied to you below.
Known Participant
February 6, 2020
Hi Jeffrey, it completely crashed immediately. It did so about 3-5 times before I hit Google, found a resolution, then removed my preference file to restore default preferences.
Legend
February 5, 2020
Did it freeze (stuck on spinning beach ball) or crash down and completely disappear for you?
Legend
February 5, 2020
Thanks. I will take a look.