Photoshop Elements Photo Editor Will Not start Since W11 Update KB5066835

Question

W11 Update KB5066835 dropped late 14Oct25 withour permission.  Photoshop Elements now failes to open Photo Editor.  I have Elements 2022 but also installed EElements 2026 Trial and it will not open either.
 
I have scrubbed my System Image, Updted my NVIDIA drivers, etc.  Unable to roll back this update and unwilling to rollback my C: image becasue the update was involuntary.  All software is updated.
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Nishutosh208861643a3s · Answer

@jamesw40799075 Thanks for reaching out to us. We need some more details to debug it further as it didn't reproduce on our end after installing the mentioned WIN update. Requesting to please share the below details:-

WIN version (24H2/ 23H2 / 22H2)
NVidia driver version
NVidia card details
All installed updates on the machine

Also, could you please confirm if you tried to update drivers and installing the newer WIN updates after KB5066835.

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