Code 16 Error For Photoshop CC 2017.1.0 on windows

So,, after spending nearly 5 hours with Adobe Support and 2 hours with Microsoft Support,, ( nothing solved ),, I took the hard way and format my PC,, did clean install for the windows,, and now every thing working fine. Till Now.

Thank You All

Yes, it's probably a graphics problem. This actually happened this morning and I'm still trying to figure things out.

Looking on Dell forums it seems a known issue between my pc (XPS 15) and the latest graphics drivers. Maybe recovering Windows triggered the update of the drivers.

I now need to download the older version and to install it. According to other users on the dell forum, this should fix the flickering issue.

Thanks

I have the same issue! It started after the last update (about a week ago).

I tried all the suggestions, but I had no luck.

I started a chat on the Adobe support and a technician took remote control of my PC. He started redoing all the attributes related fixes, then unistalled and reinstalled a couple of times, without solving the issue.  Then, he started to granting everything to everyone on a bunch of folders! Eventually, he managed to break my Windows installation!!!

I had to repair it in order to restart my PC and now at each start I have several blackouts on the monitor before the system becomes stable, but the issue is still there!

I'm worried about asking to the Adobe support again...

Any hint or news?

BTW: If you need the link between the broken photoshop and lightroom, try to start lightroom as administrator. This way, when lightroom triggers photoshop it already has the admin privileges and should start, or, at least, it starts on my  issued PC.

Take a look into this thread. Very old, and for CS5, but may be of some help. Error 16 on Photoshop CS 5