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Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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December 4, 2015

P: Start Screen: Launching Photoshop by opening an image results in start workspace with no panels

  • December 4, 2015
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If Photoshop 2015.1 is closed, and I open it by right clicking (Windows 7) an image and choosing Open with Photoshop, it opens in the Start workspace with no panels. The only way I can get back to my normal workspace is via the workspace drop down menu. There is no benefit from the Start Screen in this situation. It is just an interruption to workflow.

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    Samoreen
    Inspiring
    March 7, 2016

    Hi,

    I have a similar problem with 2015.1.2

    Recently, PC CC 2015 has started freezing for up to 4-5 minutes upon startup. The UI becomes unresponsive, workspace is black, the tool panels are not displayed. CPU activity is 0%. There's nothing to do but waiting. The problem totally disappeared when I disabled the "Start Workspace". Now, PS launches almost instantly. The problem appeared after I installed a new graphics adapter (a Quadro K620).

    I'm wondering whether PS has problems connecting to the servers providing the news in the Start Workspace.

    --Patrick
    J
    J453
    Legend
    January 21, 2016
    Any remaining issues with oddness introduced with workspaces and opening files with the start screen should be ironed out with the 2015.1.2 update released today: http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/201...
    SG...
    Adobe Employee
    SG...
    Adobe Employee
    December 18, 2015
    Hi Mark, You can turn off the Start screen on a per instance basis with the ESC key. There may still a few case where opening files still break the workspace selection. What OS are you using?

    You can also disable the 'Start screen' workspace generally, by unchecking the option in the general preferences.

    regards,
    steve
    Mark - Photograph France
    Mark - Photograph France
    Participant
    December 18, 2015
    Not solved!
    I click on a CR2 file Photoshop opens raw panel I click open My 'essential' workspace flashes on screen for a split second and is then replaced with 'Start screen'. This is a real pain. Why can we not have the option of picking the workspace we want Photoshop to open up in in preferences?
    Mark - Photograph France
    Mark - Photograph France
    Participant
    December 18, 2015
    Not solved!
    I click on a CR2 file Photoshop opens raw panel I click open My 'essential' workspace flashes on screen for a split second and is then replaced with 'Start screen'. This is a real pain. Why can we not have the option of picking the workspace we want Photoshop to open up in in preferences?
    Mark - Photograph France
    Mark - Photograph France
    Participant
    December 18, 2015
    Not solved!
    I click on a CR2 file Photoshop opens raw panel I click open My 'essential' workspace flashes on screen for a split second and is then replaced with 'Start screen'. This is a real pain. Why can we not have the option of picking the workspace we want Photoshop to open up in in preferences?
    J
    J453
    Legend
    December 15, 2015
    This issue should be solved by the 2015.1.1 update released tonight: https://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/20...
    BabyBandit
    BabyBandit
    Inspiring
    December 15, 2015


    Every time I open Photoshop there are no workspaces showing not even default.
    I did the latest update last night hoping it would fix this but nope still a problem. I always have to turn it back on. Please help!

    I am running Windows 10
    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Trevor.DennisCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2015
    Another aspect of this is that when I open Photoshop by dragging an image onto the Photoshop icon, or by right clicking an image from my browser, and choosing 'Open with Photoshop', I get just the Libraries panel on the right, but I can't cancel out of this with the Escape key unless I first click on the image to make its tab active. I know what to do now, but it took me a minute to work out that I needed to click on the image before Escape would work, and it is not particularly intuitive.

    I am still a fan of the Start and Recent files screens, but they are just a wee bit clunky at the moment.
    SG...
    Adobe Employee
    SG...
    Adobe Employee
    December 5, 2015
    Hi,

    We're investigating this; it is not expected behavior for the workspace to be broken like this on file open.

    regards,
    steve
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