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Photoshop Crashes opening Blending Options December 2025

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December 1, 2025
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Hi,

Photoshop crashes when opening Blending Options. I've updated to the latest version, I've reset prefrences. I can not open Blending Options from any menu or right clicking. It just hangs, then Photoshop crashes. This happens on 3 different machines. 2 Windows 1 Mac in different locations, so it's not just a problem on my PC.

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I'm getting tired of issues in what is now a bloated A.I. riddled suite of software. Library issues, Cloud option filling hard drives/SSD's with content that is supposed to be in the cloud, constant crashes. You'd rather bloat the software with unnecessary A.I., than fix the problems with the software.

This is becomeing too regular, and you're impacting workflows.

Windows 11
Photoshop 27.1
Intel i9
256gb Ram
NVIDIA RTX 4090

Windows

Correct answer Sameer K

Hey, @Mass.Illusion. Thanks for sharing the crash report. I've also located the Crash report you submitted from the Crash dialog.

Please share the system information from Photoshop Help > System Info > Copy and paste it into a text document > Upload and attach it here.

The crash is relatively unique, so it could be device/configuration specific. There are a few possibilities directions about this, you can follow the list, or pick each, these are not serialized steps.

1 - For now, ensure there are no stale preferences in your Photoshop. Go to the location of the preference folder below and rename it to backup.

Windows 10/11: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
You can press Press the Windows key > Enter 'Run' > Enter %APPDATA%\Adobe
Rename the Adobe Photoshop folder by adding a .old at the end. (Adobe Photoshop 2026 > Rename > Adobe Photoshop 2026. old), You can restore these preferences later if you need to.(https://adobe.ly/4860qM9)
Restart the computer.

These changes will give a fresh start to Photoshop as a fresh install.

2 - Please test and confirm if the issue exists with Photoshop (Beta). You can get Photoshop (beta) from the Creative Cloud > Apps tab > Beta Apps section.

3 - Hold the Shift key when you launch Photoshop to skip loading any plugins.

4 - There are two Graphics processor on this machine: the power-saving Intel Graphics 750 UHD and the high-performance Nvidia RTX 4090.

Follow step 6 in the content here to configure the default GPU for Photoshop: https://adobe.ly/3KzqAAp

5 - If there is any custom tuning such as underclock, or overclock applied to the CPU, GPU, or RAM at the BIOS level can also destabalize Photoshop. Try temporarily disabling any such custome tune ups and check if that helps.

I hope this helps.

Thanks!

Sameer K
(Type '@' and type my name to mention me when you reply)

Mass.IllusionAuthor

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Hi, thanks for getting back to me.

I tried everything you suggested but it still crashes when launching Blending Options. Studio driver is already up to date.

What I did try was copying all of my settings from v25 of Photoshop, which worked. But on closing Photoshop and reopening it, I got the same crash when openeing Blending Options. This is both with and without 3rd party plugins.

Here's the crash dump. But please bear in mind. Photoshop was working fine until the last 2 updates the second updating today, which I thought would have fixed the crash. Nothing else has changed on the system and I'm working the way I usually do, and remember, this is happening on other machines too! All with different configerations. But this is a major problem as we need to use Blending Options.

Crash Dump EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE AdobeCrashReport SYSTEM "AdobeCrashReporter.dtd">
<crashreport serviceVersion="26.5.0.202506270759_7140322" clientVersion="26.5.0.202506270759_7140322" applicationName="Adobe Photoshop" applicationVersion="27.1.0" build="20251117.r.17" source="Windows-Client" crashType="n/a">
<time year="2025" month="12" day="2" hour="1" minute="30" second="27" timeoffset="0" timezone="GMT Standard Time" crsessionduration="60"/>
<user guid="43d96651-5776-48c0-9202-4f213c1ff787"/>
<system platform="Windows 11 Pro" osversion="11.0" osbuild="26220" applicationlanguage="en-us" userlanguage="en-GB" oslanguage="en-GB" ram="255392" machine="11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900K @ 5.30GHz" model="Intel64 Family 6 Model 167 Stepping 1" cpuCount="16" cpuType="8664" cpuFreq="6504 MHz" processorArchitecture="9"/>
<gpu>
<gpuinfo availability="Running/Full Power" adapterCompatibility="NVIDIA" adapterRAM="23.9 GB" caption="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090" description="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090" driverDate="20251009000000.000000-000" driverVersion="32.0.15.8157" videoModeDescription="3840 x 2160 x 4294967296 colors" pnpDeviceID="PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_2704&SUBSYS_179510DE&REV_A1\4&178222D4&0&0008" installedDisplayDrivers="nvldumdx.dll"/>
</gpu>
<crash exception="EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" exceptionCode="0xc0000005" instruction="0x00007FFA6E5BA310">
<backtrace crashedThread="0">
<thread index="0">
<stackStatement index="0" address="0x00007FFA6E5BA310" symbolname="unknown"/>
<stackStatement index="1" address="0x00007FFA6E0C1D85" symbolname="unknown"/>
<stackStatement index="2" address="0x00007FFA6E0C2FA6" symbolname="unknown"/>
<stackStatement index="3" address="0x00007FFA6E0C3033" symbolname="unknown"/>
<stackStatement index="4" address="0x00007FFC08FFE8D7" symbolname="BaseThreadInitThunk"/>
<stackStatement index="5" address="0x00007FFC0A00C53C" symbolname="RtlUserThreadStart"/>
</thread>
</backtrace>
<registerSet>
<register name="RAX" value="0x0000022A16377000"/>
<register name="RBX" value="0x0000000000000003"/>
<register name="RCX" value="0x0000000000100000"/>
<register name="RDX" value="0x0000000000080000"/>
<register name="RSI" value="0x00000000000003E0"/>
<register name="RDI" value="0x0000000000000400"/>
<register name="RSP" value="0x00000065030FFAD0"/>
<register name="RBP" value="0x00000065030FFB30"/>
<register name="RIP" value="0x00007FFA6E5BA310"/>
<register name="EFL" value="0x0000000000010283"/>
<register name="LastExceptionToRip" value="0x0000000000000000"/>
<register name="LastExceptionFromRip" value="0x0000000000000000"/>
</registerSet>

</hbLogSessionDllStatus>
</crash>

___________________________________Motion Picture VFX Artist/Graphic Designer.__________________________________Motion Picture VFX Artist/Graphic Designer.

Sameer K

Correct answer

Community Manager

Hey, @Mass.Illusion. Thanks for sharing the crash report. I've also located the Crash report you submitted from the Crash dialog.

Please share the system information from Photoshop Help > System Info > Copy and paste it into a text document > Upload and attach it here.

1 - For now, ensure there are no stale preferences in your Photoshop. Go to the location of the preference folder below and rename it to backup.

Windows 10/11: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
You can press Press the Windows key > Enter 'Run' > Enter %APPDATA%\Adobe
Rename the Adobe Photoshop folder by adding a .old at the end. (Adobe Photoshop 2026 > Rename > Adobe Photoshop 2026. old), You can restore these preferences later if you need to.(https://adobe.ly/4860qM9)
Restart the computer.

These changes will give a fresh start to Photoshop as a fresh install.

2 - Please test and confirm if the issue exists with Photoshop (Beta). You can get Photoshop (beta) from the Creative Cloud > Apps tab > Beta Apps section.

3 - Hold the Shift key when you launch Photoshop to skip loading any plugins.

4 - There are two Graphics processor on this machine: the power-saving Intel Graphics 750 UHD and the high-performance Nvidia RTX 4090.

Follow step 6 in the content here to configure the default GPU for Photoshop: https://adobe.ly/3KzqAAp

I hope this helps.

Thanks!

Sameer K
(Type '@' and type my name to mention me when you reply)

Claire H.

Community Manager

Hi @M1cr0ft, thanks for sending this bug report! I know it can be frustrating when the software doesn't work as expected. Let's try a few things to see if we can get you back on track.

Please try these steps:
1. In Photoshop Preferences > Performance, uncheck “Use Graphics Processor,” relaunch, and test Blending Options.

2. Launch Photoshop while holding Shift to skip third-party plug-ins, then test again.

4. Clear the CT Font Cache and relaunch.

If disabling the GPU fixes it, update to the latest NVIDIA Studio Driver and set Drawing Mode to Basic. If plug-ins are involved, reinstall them using the latest versions. If none of these steps work, we can use a little more information to help troubleshoot and reproduce the issue. Can you send your system info? You can find your system info by going to Help > System Info, copying and pasting it into a text file, and attaching it here. Thanks! ^CH

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