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January 6, 2022
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Is Windows 11 compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic now?

  • January 6, 2022
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Is Windows 11 compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic now? Because my photoshop just got updated to 23.1 while Lightroom Classic 11.1 is not in the list of this page that is about Windows 11 compatibility

 

Can I run my Adobe apps in Windows 11? 

 

 

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Participant
August 15, 2023

Caution!!! I have a new Del XPS8960 with factory installed Windows 11 purchased 8/3/23.  I installed my Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 purchased in 2008,  It has been fine on Windows 10.    The first time after installing when I tried to restart the machine failed to boot and showed only a black screen and Dell logo. I was on the phone with Dell Support for nearly an hour and eventually had to reload the OS--and lost everything I had transitioned.  

It isn't entirely clear what happened, but circumstantial evidence would point to incompatability with OS11.  I won't be installing photoshop again.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 16, 2023

for others, either upgrade your adobe apps or, at least, install and run in compatibility mode.

Participant
January 22, 2023

I have Photoshop Elements 15 as well as Premiere. I recently installed Winfows 11 and could not use Elements 15. After finally reading various posts,I discovered if Creative Cloud is installed then Elements 15 would work. Yes,to my amazement this is all you have to install to be able to use this old Photoshop. 

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 23, 2023

I think it's only fair to point out that Elements 15 is 8 versions back from current release version.  Adobe doesn't guarantee old software will work on your new operating system.  They only guarantee it will work on 2022 or higher.   If it works, great!  If it doesn't, you're on your own with old software.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 22, 2023

the correct answer in 2023 is yes, adobe's current apps are compatible with win 11.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 7, 2022

Unless you have a new machine with factory installed Win 11, I would sit tight and remain on Win10.

 

In my experience, there's too much pain and not enough gain in upgrading to a new OS from an old one. 

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participant
June 13, 2022

It been 6 months now since this last message. Just wondering if its now a good time to upgrade my pc to win11 without it affecting Adobe suite.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 14, 2022

if there's some benefit to offset the risk of problems, go ahead and upgrade your os.

 

it would be prudent to uninstall adobe cc programs and the cc app, upgrade your os, and then install the cc app.  use the cc app to install your cc programs and trials.

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 7, 2022

As the help article says, there are some UI issues still.

 

There is also a big issue in Windows 11 with colour management which affects more than just Photoshop. Personally I would not move from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on anything but a test PC at this stage.

 

Dave

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2022

your cc desktop app will show you the list of compatible (with your software) apps.