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November 4, 2025
Question

InDesign panel won't open.

Ever since the update to 2026, my InDesign panels won't open on occassion. I have to quit InDesign and reopen to get the the panels to open. Anyone else experiencing this? (Windows 11 Pro)

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Participant
October 15, 2026

constantly having to rebuild preferences is getting to be annoying. Just fix it!

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Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 15, 2026

Hello ​@TheGurlRox 

 

I’m sorry to hear you’re having similar trouble with InDesign. Would you mind confirming the versions of the OS/InDesign installed and sharing screenshots/a brief screen recording of the problem, so we can look into this further with the team?

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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Participant
October 15, 2026

21.6 x64

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Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 4, 2025

Sometimes your preferences will corrupt when migrating to a new version. Try rebuilding them: https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

 

~Barb

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~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training