Photoshop will not start

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May 16, 2025
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I have the Photoshop version 26.6.1 on Windows 11. I have downloaded the latest drivers and made sure that everything is up to date. Whenever I try to start the program, nothing happens. It simply runs in the background and that is it. I tried everything, scoured the internet for answers and found nothing. I tried to uninstall it and reinstall it, run it as admin, bypass the antivirus, nothing works. Please help.

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Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I've had a similar issue with Windows 11 when switching between the Release and Beta versions. If you are using Windows, open the Task Manager (Ctrl Alt Del) and look for Photoshop in the list of Processes. If you see one, select and End Task.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I forgot to say check both Apps and Background processes. It will show as 'Adobe Photoshop' so won't be hard to find so long as the list is sorted by Name. (You can click on any of the tabs to sort by that column. Click again to toggle between 'a to z' or high/low.)

kglad

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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