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ella_sgrandpa
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October 23, 2017
Question

Could not apply the workspace because of a program error

  • October 23, 2017
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After choosing edit in Photoshop in  LR  and then making a selection in PS, if I choose Select and Mask I get the message :Could not apply the workspace  because of a program error. This does not occur if I open the file from Photoshop or Bridge, only from LR.

Using Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018.

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    Lee24452548hnvi
    Participant
    May 14, 2022

    This is not a good explanation of how you got it to work.

     

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    MarloPix
    Participant
    December 6, 2017

    I thought this was fixed in the last Photoshop CC update a couple of weeks ago (November 2017)???  This, along with the lag in the Spot Healing Brush were both fixed.

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    Baka foto
    Participant
    December 6, 2017

    the same trouble, that ocured after checking remember settings in select & mask mode.... reset of preferences helped, it was unchecked, so most probably the issue is remember settings,. hope Adobe will solve this bug soon...

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    C.Norshammar
    Participant
    November 13, 2017

    This worked for me:

    I turned of "Remember settings" in select & mask mode.

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    Llanthony
    Participant
    November 2, 2017

    This problem started as soon as I told it to save my mask settings.

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    Bruce AB
    Known Participant
    November 2, 2017

    What worked for me was what others are reporting: Edit>Preferences>General>Reset Preferences on Quit   .........  I then closed and exited Photoshop, restarted it, and everything was fine after that. If you mean you checked the "remember settings" box when in the select and mask, mine is always checked and the problem is not returning.

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    _RAAF_Stupot
    Participant
    October 25, 2017

    What did work for me, was to go Edit>Preferences>General>Reset Preferences on Quit   .........

    And then upon restarting PS the function appears to work correctly. (Even after changing some UI things back to the way I had them before. Colour scheme, UI scaling, mouse wheel zoom, etc etc).

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      artisticurves
      Participant
      October 25, 2017

      Thanks _RAAF_

      Your tip worked for me. Many thanks.

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      paullmcraig
      Participant
      October 25, 2017

      Same here - just tried reinstalling and it didn't work. This is the last thing I need - I am stacked with work and this is essential for me. I have now wasted another hour trying all of this when I should have been working and going off to another shoot.

        ettiennef11861499
        ettiennef11861499
        Participant
        October 25, 2017

        I am having the exact same problem after updating to Photoshop CC 2018.  After making a selection and then hitting "Select and Mask" the workspace briefly flashes up only to reveal this message: "Could not apply the workspace because of a program error".  I am stuck unable to work on any images.  Panic stations!

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        Zuba19
        Participant
        October 25, 2017

        I couldn't wait any longer for answer from Adobe, so I went ahead and completely reinstalled PS CC 2018. This resolved the issue (which I still don't know why I was getting it).

        I first used the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool and made sure any files were completely removed before I did a reinstall. Follow this link and follow their instructions before reinstalling PS CC 2018.

        I hope this works for you!

        Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems

        ettiennef11861499
        ettiennef11861499
        Participant
        October 25, 2017

        Yes it worked!

        Thank you, perfect.

        cheers.

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        Zuba19
        Participant
        October 23, 2017

        I am having the same issue. I also tried opening the file directly from Photoshop, loading the saved selection and then choosing 'select and mask' and I got the same result. I am using Lightroom Classic on a MBP.

        *** UPDATE

        I reset Photoshop Preferences and this resolved the issue for four images I worked on. I opened the fifth image to work on, and when I clicked the 'select and mask' button, I got the same error: 'Could not apply the workspace because of a program error'. I looked up the issue on Adobe's help support and found something that talked about moving out the Workspace (modified) folder. This did not solve the issue either.

        PLEASE HELP!! I am sure you have heard how frustrating this is! My whole workflow has come to a stop because of this and I cannot continue working!

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          ramosphoto
          Participant
          October 23, 2017

          I'm having the same issue after updating to CC 2018

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