PS not listed in the open with option

If you are unsure about editing the Windows Registry, there is a way using the [Open with] menus to add Photoshop as a default:

1) Select a file and choose [Open with]

2) [Choose another App]

3) Scroll down and [Choose another app on your pc]

4) In the Explorer window navigate to {C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023}

5) Select {Photoshop.exe}

Here's what worked for me to force Windows 10 to display Photoshop CC23 as an app for opening JPGs, PNGs, and even PSDs.  In the registry, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*.xxx (xxx being the extension/file type you wish to associate with Photoshop)  Open the folder of that extension.  If you do not see a KEY that reads OpenWithProgIds, you'll need to create one.   First, make a NEW KEY.  Name that new key OpenWithProgIds. Then, make a NEW STRING VALUE.  In the value name box, type Photoshop.Image.xx (xx being the version number of the current installed version of Photoshop)  In this case, I'm on version 24.0.1.    You may need to search the registry for a String Value that includes Photoshop.Image.    Once you've finished making this new key, save the registry.   Then, find a file with the file format/type you wish to associate with Photoshop.  When you right-click on the file, and then "Open With" - the latest version of Photoshop should be in that branched right-click sub-menu.  From there, scroll to Choose another app.  Another dialog box should open.  At the top of that new list should be the latest version of Photoshop.   Select it.  Then check the box that reads "always use this app to open xxx files".  That should fix the problem.   

I have "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2018\Photoshop.exe" "%1" in

both HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\edit\command and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command.

When i right click and click Edit, photoshop is opened but image isn't!

Hi Rachel:

This is a "file association" issue with your operating system (OS). Assuming you are on Windows 10:
How to set a default browser (or anything else) in Windows 10 | Digital Trends.

If you are on another OS, you can either google "setting the file association" for that OS, or let us know which one you are on and we can do it for you and post the link here.

~Barb

Same old, same old: Start by checking all those other tools that clog up the contextual list and remove their system integration options via their preferences or by uninstalling them if you really don't use them. Otherwise there are enough tools out there that can help you with fixing file associations/ context handlers and customize those right-click menus. A web search will help.

Mylenium