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February 10, 2025
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Photoshop 25 problem!

  • February 10, 2025
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After update Photoshop 25 does not appear on my Windows 11 desktop!

Everything else does, like Lightroom, but Photoshop doesn't work. The previous PS Icon on my desktop it's not working.

 

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Bojan Živković11378569
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 11, 2025

When you upgrade, old shortcuts will point to software or version that is uninstalled; that's why they do not work. That's not an issue with Photoshop; that's how many software upgrades work.

D Fosse
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Community Expert
February 11, 2025

The Photoshop installer will not create a desktop shortcut by itself. You have to make one.

 

It will appear in your Windows start menu, from which you can right-click and pin it to the taskbar. If you want a desktop icon, see Jane's post.

 

Shortcuts are version specific.

PauloSSAuthor
Participant
February 11, 2025
Ok. Good to know. However that's not all. When i start Photoshop from
creative cloud I keep getting error message reports. I sent the reports but
its doesnt say the error number.
What you guys think? Should I uninstall and install everything again?
D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 11, 2025

We need to see the error message.

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 11, 2025

@PauloSS 

 

To add shortcuts to your desktop, follow these steps from Microsoft Help:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-desktop-shortcut-for-an-office-program-or-file-9a8df64b-cd87-4700-95cc-4bc3e2a962da

 

 

You can create desktop shortcuts for specific Office files or documents.

  1. In Windows Explorer, browse to the document or file for which you want to create a desktop shortcut.

  2. Right-click the name of the document, and then click Create shortcut. In Windows 11 you may have to select Show more options to find Create shortcut.

    A shortcut for that document or file appears on your desktop.

 

Most likely the existing shortcut was for a previous version of Photoshop that was no longer installed.

 

I've moved your post from Bugs to Discussions since this is a Microsoft issue.

 

Jane