Photoshop will not open

I had same issues different versions of photoshop, none of them working, window opened and started to load an then nothing…. tried first all the reset, reinstalling and other stuff, and finally it was simply my nvidia driver that needed to be updated, installed the latest driver of nvidia studio driver and now it works fine again.

I dont really understand why a driver, a stable version of phoshop, with no changes at all stopped working, why did my graphic card or photoshop needed a new driver to make it work while it was working fine yesterday...but anyway update nvidia studio driver worked for me.

I feel your pain and I’m equally irritated. Nothing works. Drivers? Nope. Running as an administrator? Nope. Firewall? Nope. Settings? Nope. And now there is no error reporting either. It suggested  OpenCLOn12.dll problem earlier but after reinstalling it’s just pure magic. And it worked perfectly yesterday. 

Try resetting Photoshop’s preferences and make sure your GPU drivers are up to date. If it still won’t open, launching Photoshop while holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift can help reset the settings.

Photoshop auto updated on me 1 day ago and now does not open. I use it daily and need it for work…. Unistalled and reinstalled and same issue. ADOBE???? V27.9.1 was working yesterday.

Update, rolled back a version and still not opening. Restarted system and have not installed anything new other than the creative cloud suite that updated yeaterday. 

I’m now currently unistalling evereything Adobe. Then I’m going to only install the previous version of Photoshop that was working yesterday. 

I’m desperate Have work for client due now.

Unfortunetly that didn’t work. I’m out of options. 😓

If more than one person is getting around the issue by starting Photoshop without plugins and extensions, then there is a good chance they both/all have the same errant plugin installed.  At least one of you needs to post a screen shot of your installed plugins so the others can confirm commonality.  When you find it, there’s a good chance the author will be aware of the issue and has information on the plugin’s web page.

It might take a bit of back and forth because the plugins can be in groups and can’t all be twirled open at the same time, but you’ll get there.

There is a Plugin troubleshooting guide

Photoshop plug-ins troubleshooting | Photoshop

The help page suggests disabling GPU acceleration, but I am not so sure how relevant that would be as the plugin will likely not get its settings from Photoshop Preferences.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION: My PS v279.1 quit while trying to load brushes. I re-started PS loading a blank document with no plug-ins, add-ons, etc. After that I closed PS and opened like normal and it’s been working. Process is this:

Hold Shift (Windows) or Option (Mac) while launching to open a new, empty preferences file.

Same problem here, and unfortunately no solution to offer. I am having the same symptoms as the OP, and they started yesterday. I already went through recommended steps up to the point of reinstalling all apps after refreshing CC with Adobe’s cleaner tool. Thankfully PS Beta is working for the moment. I will note that I am also using an RTX 4060 ti card. I updated the Studio driver from a June or July version to the latest as part of my troubleshooting. It had no effect, so it doesn’t look to me like the video driver is an issue.

I had a very similar issue with Photoshop not opening, and it’s frustrating when reinstalling doesn’t fix it. Since Lightroom and the Beta version are working, it sounds like something specific to the main Photoshop installation or its settings. I’d also try resetting Photoshop preferences and checking whether any recent Creative Cloud or Windows update caused the issue. Hopefully you can get it running again without another reinstall.

As a follow up to the original post, uninstalled and reinstalled using the “Cloud Cleaner” tool.  Photoshop would opened once.  I could open and edit an image but when I attempted to open the program again, same failure...splash screen, blue screen then nothing.  I saw this same behavior characterized in another question herein.  Obviously, something weird going on in Photoshop.  Do not see how anything in the OS could change from closing and reopening a program.  Need insights into how to determine what is happening.

Not certain how much detail can be provided for software that does not start.  Running the latest version of Photoshop, Creative Cloud states that it is 27.9.1.  When attempting to start Photoshop the “splash” screen comes up and a little blue will spins for a second or two.  Then everything disappears and the program does not start.  Nothing on the system changed to my knowledge.  Of course, one can never say for sure since it seems Adobe and Microsoft are on the system more than I am.  That aside, I just went to start the program and it would not run.

Curious is Lightroom classic runs as will Adobe Photoshop beta (27.11).  It was installed two days ago.  Also noticed that under Recent updates Photoshop is missing from my list of apps.  Previously, I thought it was listed with the date of the last update.  Have tried pretty much every troubleshooting approach offered on Adobe or the internet.  Clearly, this is not an uncommon problem that Adobe refuses to do anything about.

System details are Windows 11 Pro build 26200.  i9-14900k @ 3200MHz.  128Gb Ram.  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics.

Appreciate any ideas that might actually work.  Figuring if total reinstalls are what is required every six months out of a program need to find another program.  The Adobe approach to programming reminds me of Windows 98 days from back in the mid to late ‘90s in that one can count on have to do a total reconfiguration on a regular basis.