Ctrl-E and Edit Original Dropdown Not working

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I'm all updated to CC2019.  I cannot get Ch to open my puppet in Photoshop CC2019. I can't find a setting in Preferences, etc.Anyone else experience this?

alank99101739 · Accepted Answer

Thanks for help alank. Should I download Ps again and install?

I don’t know how to fix it, but I did a reinstall and it worked afterwards... But you had the “always use this program” checkbox ticked. If you leave that ticked then double click on the file again, does the dialog box still come up asking you to pick which program? That is what triggered me to reinstall Photoshop (into a different directory) and that did clear the problem for me.

I don’t think removing and reinstalling Photoshop will hurt anything if you are willing to experiment. Depends on how important CTRL-E is for you. All I can say is that is what I did (plus installing in a more standard location) and it helped me! Let me know if it helps you as well - good to keep track of solutions here as well.

alank99101739 · Answer

Yes, there have been a few reports. I hit it myself as well. Dan Tull reported that it works by executing a “shell” command to launch the editor based on the file extension. I believe that means it behaves the same as double clicking on a file - which also uses the file extension to pick the software to launch.

My problem was I installed the latest release under D:\Adobe to free up my C drive. However double clicking a file in Windows Explorer no longer worked. I never looked up the exact rules, but I uninstalled Photoshop, set the default location under C:\Program Files, and tried again and it worked. It seems to be a Windows 10 feature to only allow file extensions to be installed in particular directories (maybe!).

Bottom line is if you cannot double click on a file extension to bring up Photoshop/Illustrator, then CTRL-E won’t work either. Reinstalling Photoshop in a more standard location solved that problem for me, then CTRL-E started working when I restarted CH.

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