Contextual task bar disappears

Forum|Forum|8 days ago
February 4, 2026
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I'm running the latest available update of Photoshop Beta (27.4.0) on Windows 11. Starting with the last 2 or 3 updates, the contextual text bar disappears at random times. I've tried the suggested ways of restoring it, but nothing works other than shutting down & restarting Photoshop. I've never had this problem until the last few updates.

MarekMularczyk

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Have you tried resetting Photoshop preferences?

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eyeland99Author

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Which particular preference settings related to the conceptual task bar would you suggest checking & changing?

MarekMularczyk

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I would just reset Photoshop preferences which would give you a fresh start. It would be like having a fresh install of Photoshop without actually reinstalling it ;-)

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Ged_Traynor

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@eyeland99 you’d be better off reporting the issue on the Photoshop Beta forum

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