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MarcySB
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October 25, 2023
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Lightroom won't see Photoshop in Preferences or to Edit

  • October 25, 2023
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I am on a Windows 11 desktop PC with the latest versions of all software loaded. The other day, I uninstalled Photoshop Beta as I no longer need it and everything was defaulting to it whether I wanted it to or not. Now Lightroom Classic won't see Photoshop at all. When I right clicik to Edit in Photoshop, it is grayed out. When I went to Preferences to see if it was there, that box is also grayed out. The box below it to edit as psd or tiff is available and it is set to psd. I also have On1 and Boris Fx Optics installed as plugins and Lightroom sees all of those. Does anyone have any ideas how to get Lightroom to see Photoshop as an editor? Thanks.

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    Correct answer MarcySB

    Johan,

     

    OK - I got lucky. When I went into the Creative Cloud desktop app to uninstall them, there was an update to Photoshop. I decided to try that to see if that would supercede the uninstalled beta block between Lightroom and Photoshop and it worked! I don't have to uninstall apps! Phew!

     

    Thanks so much for your help.

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    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 25, 2023

    Uninstall Photoshop and Lightroom, then reinstall Photoshop first and Lightroom thereafter. That usually fixes this.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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    MarcySBAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 26, 2023

    Do you think I'm OK to save the preferences for the new install - will that be enough to fix this issue? Or should I take the time to export presets, brushes etc. and start from scratch? Thanks!

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 26, 2023

    Yes, keep the preferences. This issue is not related to the preferences (if it was, then simply resetting the preferences would solve it and so uninstall/reinstall would not be necessary).

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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