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In Camera Raw i cannot see ‘open picture in Photoshop’ or ‘open object in Photoshop’. How to fix?

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August 6, 2025
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In Camera Raw i cannot see ‘open picture in Photoshop’ or ‘open object in Photoshop’ after i copied Photoshop to another drive. How to fix that?

macOS

Correct answer Anshul_Saini

Hi @beterlaatdannoglater,

Thanks for reaching out. As Jeff rightly pointed out, copying the Photoshop application manually can cause issues like the missing “Open” or “Open as Object in Photoshop” options in Camera Raw. This happens because critical file associations and dependencies don’t carry over with a manual move.

To resolve this, please follow these steps:
• Uninstall the manually moved Photoshop version by moving it to the Trash.
• Use the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to remove leftover components that might still be interfering:
https://adobe.ly/46Lz8Ng
• Reinstall Photoshop using the Creative Cloud desktop app so that all necessary components are properly registered.
• If you want to install Photoshop on a different drive, you can change the install location before reinstalling. Here’s how: https://adobe.ly/40WCaKR
• After reinstalling, open Camera Raw again and verify that the options to open in Photoshop are visible.

Let us know how it goes.

Best,

Anshul Saini

beterlaatdannoglaterAuthor

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Thanks everybody, its fixed. But how to install photoshop on an extra drive, because i need more free space on my system drive?

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randyonrueden

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If you've moved Photoshop to another drive manually, Camera Raw might have lost its link to the Photoshop executable. To fix it:

Reinstall Photoshop via the Creative Cloud app to restore the proper path and integration.

Alternatively, try resetting Camera Raw preferences by holding Shift+Cmd (Mac) or Shift+Ctrl (Windows) while opening Camera Raw.

Ensure Camera Raw is up to date from the Creative Cloud app.

Let me know if it’s still not showing up after reinstalling!

Anshul_Saini

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Hi @beterlaatdannoglater,

Thanks for reaching out. As Jeff rightly pointed out, copying the Photoshop application manually can cause issues like the missing “Open” or “Open as Object in Photoshop” options in Camera Raw. This happens because critical file associations and dependencies don’t carry over with a manual move.

To resolve this, please follow these steps:
• Uninstall the manually moved Photoshop version by moving it to the Trash.
• Use the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to remove leftover components that might still be interfering:
https://adobe.ly/46Lz8Ng
• Reinstall Photoshop using the Creative Cloud desktop app so that all necessary components are properly registered.
• If you want to install Photoshop on a different drive, you can change the install location before reinstalling. Here’s how: https://adobe.ly/40WCaKR
• After reinstalling, open Camera Raw again and verify that the options to open in Photoshop are visible.

Let us know how it goes.

Best,

Anshul Saini

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

What version of macOS and Photoshop/Camera Raw are you using?

Actually it's best to do a fresh install of Photoshop instead of copying to another computer to avoid any issues.

The main problem with copying any Adobe applications to another computer is that Adobe scatters the installed Application files all around the drive, so it's nearly impossible to get every last file copied over.

Can you post a screenshot of what your seeing?

Is perhaps your Camera Raw screen cut off at the bottom from being larger than your screen size?

When you open Camera Raw click on the F key to see if the screen fits so you can see the bottom?

beterlaatdannoglaterAuthor

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till now i could automatically open pictures from Camera Raw in Photoshop

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