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Faris H5EC6
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December 4, 2020
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Photoshop won't start, invalid ICC Profile

  • December 4, 2020
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I've seen this problem posted here before, but I've tried the suggested solutions of deleting Photoshop and redownloading it, and installing the sRGB IEC61966.2.1 colour space and setting it as default for my monitor, but no luck. I keep getting the "Could not initalize Photoshop because the ICC profile is invalid" error.

 

I'm using a Surface Laptop 3. I can't get a monitor calibrator as I can't seem to find any locally at a reasonable price from a reputable reseller, and I can't wait around for international shipping because I need Photoshop for uni work. Any ideas?

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    NB, colourmanagement
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    NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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    December 9, 2020

    You can report it as a bug here

    https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/categories/photoshop_family_photoshop

     

     

    I hope this helps
    neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer
    google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management
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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    December 5, 2020

    And you're sure the system monitor profile is the "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" profile specifically, not some other profile with sRGB in the name?

     

    You set it here. Relaunch PS when done, it loads the profile at application startup:

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    Faris H5EC6Author
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    December 8, 2020

    Yup, I've done exactly that, and Photoshop still would not open, even after a reboot and reinstall.

     

     

    NB, colourmanagement
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    NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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    December 4, 2020

    I suggest you try resetting Photoshop's preferences

    it fixes a lot of issues, lets hope it helps

    If you want to rule out pretty much the only issue we ever see with Photoshop, you can reset preferences, I never read of a preferences issue causing this problem though:

    To reset the preferences in Photoshop: 

    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

     

    Note: Make sure that you back up all your custom presets, brushes & actions before restoring Photoshop's preferences. Migrate presets, actions, and settings

     

    I hope this helps
    neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer
    google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management
    [please only use the blue reply button at the top of the page, this maintains the original thread title and chronological order of posts]

     

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