PS elements 2021 stalls for at 30-45 seconds every single time I open it.

Question

PS Elements appears to open normally and the UI loads up immediately, however I cannot interact with ANY part of PSE for at least 30-45 seconds. This happens each time I try to open it, even If I close and immediately re-open two seconds later. Normally PSE would open within 5 seconds or less, and you could immediately open a photo and start working on it. This is a problem that recently popped up, and not longstanding issue.

Any suggestions on how I can get PSE to work the way it did before?

-No I don't have a Potato PC. I have A Lenovo Legion 5 Pro, with 32GB of ram, and a SSD. and a decent Ryzen Processor.

-Yes, I have tried completely uninstalling PSE with Revo Uninstaller, and reinstalled to find I still have the problem.

-I open the file "PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe" via a pinned icon on my taskbar, in order to bypass the unnecessary welcome screen.

-I use Windows 11.

Glenn 8675309 · Answer

Have you installed any plugins? With your system you should go from clicking on icon to start the editor to editing in about 6 seconds.

TRY THIS: Hold down your left shift key THEN click o nthe icon used to start the editor- choose YES about disabling plugins.

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