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dev_willis
Inspiring
July 18, 2023
Question

Command "Edit in Photoshop" has quit working

  • July 18, 2023
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Using Windows 10 Pro 22H2, I recently installed Photoshop Beta so I could play with the generative fill stuff. It took over as the default version of PS tho and I couldn't make it stop, so I uninstalled it. This broke the link between PS and LR and all the commands for opening in PS were disabled. I uninstalled and reinstalled the latest stable version of PS but it didn't help. Then, I edited the registry and copy/pasted the path to the PS executable in the appropriate key. This re-enabled the "Edit in Photoshop" command and the others, but when I select them, PS opens but no file is opened. If PS is already open it will switch to it but still does not open any file. If I go to PS, select the script "Load files into stack," and then go find the files in the file system, this works normally.

The only exception is TIFFs. When I right-click on a TIFF and choose "Edit in Photoshop," it opens a dialog asking me if I want to make a copy or edit the original. I choose to edit the original, and the TIFF opens in PS like normal. DNGs do not have this dialog tho and they do not open in PS at all. Trying to open anything as layers in PS does not work either, whether TIFF or DNG.

How can I fix this? I've tried reinstalled both LR and PS as well as resetting my preferences but nothing has helped.

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AxelMatt
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 3, 2023
My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
dev_willis
Inspiring
August 4, 2023

I uninstalled the beta entirely. I'm on 24.7 Release. I tried rolling back to 24.6 Release and then upgrading to 24.7 Release again, but it didn't help.

dev_willis
Inspiring
July 31, 2023

I still haven't figured this out. Any suggestions?

Keith Reeder
Participating Frequently
July 31, 2023

  

dev_willis
Inspiring
August 3, 2023

I think something might have gone wrong here. I see that you posted but there's no message:

 

cmgap
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 19, 2023

Can you post a screen shot of your Preferences > External Editing tab? You should be able to confirm on this screen which app you want to be your default external editor.

 

 

dev_willis
Inspiring
July 25, 2023

Sure.