How to disable auto-recovery BEFORE opening photoshop?

Question

I have a corrupted file that photoshop is trying to auto-recover on opening. This kills the photoshop. The dead photoshop is entirely unresponsive, rendering me unable to discern the location of the corrupted file. (As the normal course of action would be to delete the broken recovery file such that photoshop never tries to load it in the first place.) I've deleted all temp files and folders that I know about, but I've been unsuccessful in finding the offender.

Is there a command-line argument I can use to disable auto-recovery when loading photoshop?

Michael Bullo · Accepted Answer

Could resetting the preferences as you launch Photoshop help? Press and hold the following keys while launching Photoshop...Windows: Alt + Control + ShiftMac: Option + Command + Shift

Stephen Marsh · Answer

I would have suggested to remove the auto-recover file from the auto recover folder, which I am not sure if you have done or not?

If you can't find it, this script can:

/* Open Photoshop Auto Recovery Folder - Universal */

#target photoshop

app.bringToFront();

openAutoRecoverDir();

function openAutoRecoverDir() {
    var os = $.os.toLowerCase().indexOf('mac') >= 0 ? "mac" : "windows";
    if (os === 'mac') {
        // alert("It's a Mac!");

        autoRecoverMac();

        function autoRecoverMac() {
            var appPath = app.path.fsName.replace(/^\/.+\//, '');
            var autoRecoverDirMac = '~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/' + appPath + '/AutoRecover';
            var autoRecoverDirMacOpen = Folder(autoRecoverDirMac);
            autoRecoverDirMacOpen.execute();
        }

    } else {
        // alert("It's Windows!");

        autoRecoverWin();

        function autoRecoverWin() {
            var appPath = app.path.fsName.replace(/^.+\\/, '');
            var autoRecoverDirWin = '~/appData/Roaming/Adobe/' + appPath + '/AutoRecover';
            var autoRecoverDirWinOpen = Folder(autoRecoverDirWin);
            autoRecoverDirWinOpen.execute();
        }

    }
}

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

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