Photoshop elements can't quick edit on external monitor

First time posting here so go easy on me....

Macboook Pro M1 -

Elements 2019 (at first)

I have 2 x samsung m7 series 32" external monitors, and the macbook display. I was making some quick edits to some photos and the fact that the color of the 2 externals didn't match by a tiny bit bothered me. I ended up in the color profile of the external monitors on the macbook display settings. I noticed there were 2 different color profiles listed as "Samsung". I switched them to see what would happen. 
Nothing happend to the colors of the displays, but man did it break the Quick editor. After hours of troubleshooting, uninstall/reinstall, i finally bought the 2023 version. It was still broke!

Description of problem - Lets say I pick any adjustment, like exposure, color, lighting, anything.... I pick an adjustment there, and then it immediately snaps back to the original and closes the sub menu. After a few hours I realized if i used the internal display it works. I'm baffled.

I deleted the windowsserver.plist file on the mac, rebooted and it still doesn't work.