Adobe Photoshop won´t open.

Forum|Forum|19 hours ago
August 25, 2026
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Hi. I am trying to open Photoshop. The app dialog box with the illustration will emerge, but nothing happens afterwards. I tried with different versions, uninstalling, etc..nothing PS simply won´t open.

Thank you

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

Unfortunately you haven't given us any information about your system. Therefore, all proposed solutions are a look into the crystal ball.

Do you get an error message? If yes, please post the message word-by-word.

See here if it’s help:

P: (Windows) Photoshop v27.9.1 Crashes at launch: OpenCLOn12.dll exception 0xc0000409 (possible Windows/NVIDIA driver conflict) | Adobe DME

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

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BrunoSouthAuthor

Known Participant

Windows 11
I do not get any error message. I get the Adobe Photoshop Intro banner, then bum, nothing.

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

@BrunoSouth Do you’ve see and checked the linked thread and the workarounds inside?

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

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