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mattw023
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Jul 29, 2025 3:44 PM UTC
Question

InDesign 2025 freezes a few minutes after opening

On Windows 11 24H2, when we open up a new InDesign document (either from local drive or network drive), InDesign will freeze after about 5 minutes.  It will freeze for about 10 minutes and then start working normally again.  It then no longer freezes while we have InDesign document(s) opened.  It's as if it does something shortly after it's opened that causes the freeze and either finishes or times out then works normally again.  We have tried to re-create our preferences folder.  We have verified that our proxy server is not blocking any needed web addresses.  We have tried InDesign 20.3.1, 20.4, 20.4.1 and the newly released 20.5 with the same problem.  We have tried to chat with support, but they were not helpful and kept disconnecting our chats.  Has anyone experienced this issue?  Thank you.

11 replies

Participant
Sep 18, 2025 2:24 PM UTC

Same issue ! thanks for the tips8

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Participant
Sep 25, 2025 7:57 AM UTC

Hello, where could i find version 20.3.2 dowload ?  thanks

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Participant
Sep 25, 2025 9:43 AM UTC
Hi,
In creative cloud you can choose old version:
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Participant
Sep 10, 2025 9:35 AM UTC

Hi Mattew,

I have the same issues with both versions.
I did a "reset preferences on quit" but the problem remains.
Thanks,
Joel

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leo.r
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 10, 2025 5:54 PM UTC
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I have the same issues with both versions.
I did a "reset preferences on quit" but the problem remains.


By @Joel25609898v2bp

 

Try additional troubleshooting steps listed here:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

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Participant
Sep 11, 2025 7:33 AM UTC

Thanks Leo, I tried this but it does not work.
My only solution was to install version 20.3.2 which is stable on Windows 11.

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Participant
Jul 30, 2025 12:30 PM UTC

Hi Matt! Yes. Exactly the same issue as you described. Creating a support call with adobe now. 

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mattw023
mattw023Author
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Jul 30, 2025 1:48 PM UTC

Thanks, Jared.  Please let me know what you find out.  I didn't have any luck with Adobe Support.

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