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September 22, 2016

P: When launching Photoshop it recurringly takes focus from another application/task (Windows)

  • September 22, 2016
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When I open PhotoShop, it takes my computer a moment or two to open it (most of my PSDs are at least 2GB big), so I switch back to my browser to keep working, but every time there is an alert, or popup, or question, or it simply successfully opens the PSD, PhotoShop forces itself to the front, interrupting what I was doing in another window.
It can be very frustrating, especially since I am more often than not in the middle of doing something.
And I wish it was as simple as Alt+Tab-ing back to my window, but sometimes it just forces its way to the front again!
I don't suppose this is a feature that can be taken off/switched off?

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 14, 2017
    This is happening on my Mac Pro and MacBook Pro, as well. Also, just because it may be intentional doesn't mean it's right. Or shouldn't be able to be disabled.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 14, 2017
    I'm on a mac, and this is still happening. It's infuriating to be writing an email or updating a ticket, and suddenly Photoshop is back on top (stealing focus from what I'm actively working on). To be clear, this is NOT restricted to when the program loads. It's the entire time it's sitting in the "background".

    Bumping so Adobe knows this continues to be a problem for more than 7 months now.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 14, 2017
    I opened up the "General" menu of the preferences, then ticked the 5th checkbox on the left which should say something like "Use previous "New Document" interface" (I'm using a Dutch version of Photoshop).

    Lot's of other slow crappy new stuff to turn off there too.
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    alex.harrison
    Inspiring
    August 14, 2017
    Oh great to see someone else has issues with that ridiculous 'new document' window. I have the exact same complaint, that I can no longer rapidly copy and paste something into a new document via keyboard shortcuts. It has totally ruined my normal workflow. Fantastic to see that you say you have turned it off somehow, I thought I had checked the settings for that but obviously missed it. Will check now, would be so relieved to see the back of that sodding panel.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 7, 2017


    I don't know whether to characterize this as a bug or a bizarre design decision but Photoshop is the only program I've ever used that refuses to stay in the background while loading, preventing me from working in other programs during that time.
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    mattg55428349
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    July 31, 2017
    It happens with Lightroom as well.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 31, 2017
    Same here, and yes, it is annoying.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 15, 2017
    So annoying! I use illustrator mostly, but sometimes I need to use Photoshop, but I dread opening it because it takes so long to load which stops any other work until its complete.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 14, 2017
    After months of gnashing my teeth over this issue, I'm finally trying to find an answer. I don't have this problem with either inDesign or Illustrator, just Photoshop. Please someone find a solution.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 8, 2017
    This happens to me as well and is one of the most annoying behaviours in any piece of software I've ever had to experience. 😕😕
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