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albasdad
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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

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    AxelMattCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 23, 2026

    When the 'link' between Lightroom Classic and Photoshop has issues, is to try this:

    Use the Adobe Creative Cloud Application to uninstall Photoshop. When asked, keep preferences! After this reinstall Photoshop again.

     

    If this doesn't help the next step is a reinstallation of both apps Lightroom and Photoshop. Please follow the steps below:

    1. Open the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Client and uninstall both Photoshop and Lightroom Classic. When asked, keep preferences! 
    2. Install Photoshop first and then Lightroom Classic. The right order is very important here!

     

    If this doesn't help try the reinstallation with removing the preferences also.

    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 23, 2026

    Well, this is not only about “link” between LRC and PS. 

    When LRC is running, PS cannot start from Windows, not by invoking from LRC,, getting stuck at Initializing. When PS starts first, it starts OK and LRC starts OK too and PS can be calle from LRC. This problem appeared after the last update of PS and LR.

    Thanks and regards

     

    andre

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    AxelMattCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 23, 2026

    Try the reinstallation as desribed and see if it’s help. A reinstallation can help on several issues.

     

    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
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    AxelMattCommunity Expert
    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

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