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Inspiring
April 9, 2025
Question

Need to restart Photoshop every 3-5 edited photos

  • April 9, 2025
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Since more than a year I have a problem with Liquify in Photoshop. Every 3-5 edited photos, when trying to use Liquify, I get "Could Not Complete Liquify Command because of a disk error". When this error comes up, I have to restart Photoshop and I can retouch another 3-5 photos untill problem comes again. What's more, when liquify stops working, there is also problem with other filters, like lens blur. It doesn't work too untill restarting Photoshop. I was hoping that maybe some updates will fix this, but I struggle with it over a year and it's too annoying now to wait any longer. Not to mention that recently Photoshop wiped all my user settings, but thankfully I had an old backup. What can I do to fix this error?

My PC:
i7-13700K
64GB RAM
RTX 4080
Windows 11

2 replies

PagiArtAuthor
Inspiring
July 10, 2025

So there is no fix for that? It's already three months after I posted this and still no solution.

MassC
Legend
April 9, 2025

Hi @PagiArt

 

It sounds you are experiencing a Scratch Disk Error. Please try some of the steps outlined in this article to resolve the issue: https://adobe.ly/4lqAYb9 Let me know if it helps. 


^CM

PagiArtAuthor
Inspiring
April 11, 2025

That's not the error I get. My scratch disk has over 800 GB of free space

Sameer K
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 11, 2025

Hey, @PagiArt. Thanks for sharing this. I'll need more info to help you figure this out. Press share the system info from Photoshop Help > System info > Copy & paste into a text document > upload & attach here. 

 

Your machine has two GPUs: the power-saving Intel 770 Graphics and the high-performance Nvidia RTX 4080

Please try these two suggestions:
1 - Update the graphics drivers using Intel's and Nvidia's auto-detect programs. 

2 - Follow step 6 in the content here to configure the default GPU for Photoshop: https://adobe.ly/4i8Izbx

 

Let me know how it goes. Thanks!

Sameer K

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