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August 21, 2026

Problem invoking Photoshop from Lightroom Classic

  • August 21, 2026
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Windows 11 64 but, 128 Gb RAM

When invoking Photoshop 27.9.1 from Lightroom Classic 15.5, Photoshop hangs after “Initializing tools” and never recovers. Have to have Photosop running before invoking it from LR and then things run as they should. This is new - probably came with the latest release as it I used it not long ago calling PS from LR “Open as Layers".

The workaround is to have PS running before trying to call it from LR but this bug should be fixed.

 

thanks and regards

 

André

    3 replies

    Community Expert
    August 21, 2026

    Try to reset the Photoshop preferences

    https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

    Remember to back up your settings before doing the preference reset

    https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preset-migration.html

    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
    albasdadAuthor
    Known Participant
    August 21, 2026

    Will try - thanks a lot

    regards

     

    andre