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December 17, 2015
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Does Photoshop CS5 Work With Windows 10?

  • December 17, 2015
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Hello!

I currently have Photoshop CS5 installed on my 64-bit Windows 7 Desktop computer, and I was planning on upgrading to Windows 10. The only thing holding me back is I'm not sure if Photoshop CS5 will work on Windows 10.

So my question is... will Adobe Photoshop CS5 work on Windows 10?

Thanks,

Bill

Correct answer John T Smith

Cloud & Win10 https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/Windows_10_compatibility_FAQ.html

-also, only CURRENT products will be tested and updated for compatibility with Windows 10

-so if you have an older program, you update to Windows 10 at YOUR risk of problems

An idea that MAY work to install and/or run old programs in Windows 10

-http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/15523-compatibility-mode-settings-apps-change-windows-10-a.html

6 replies

kissmybrain
New Participant
July 11, 2023

Like you I am familiar a n.v d satisfied with what I can do with my old CX5.  I upgraded to windows 10 and it still works great.  

All the besf!

 

Tom

kglad
Community Expert
July 11, 2023

and for others, windows still has compatibility mode.

New Participant
August 14, 2021

Does this work with Windows 11?

I've recently upgraded my Windows 10 PC.

 

 

New Participant
August 14, 2021
If you are savvy enough to download Windows 11 when it hasn't even been released yet, then just install and try it. Who knows? It might work. Me? It is too soon to concern myself with a Beta version of Windows yet.
New Participant
April 26, 2021

I've had an install of Premier Pro on Windows 10 forever. But after it crashed today I mistakenly followed its advice and tried to uninstall/reisntall.

The uninstall happened, I think. But the re-install won't work. The installer fails with dozens of errors of this form:

 

"WARNING: OS requirements not met for {xxxx}"

 

And then dozens of messages like this: "WARNING: DW036: payload cannot be installed due to the failure of the operation dependent"

 

Is there any way to make this work?

 

(Yes, I know CS5 is old. But it mostly works for what I need, and I already paid (a lot!) for it)

Peru Bob
Community Expert
April 26, 2021
New Participant
November 27, 2019

I've been using CS5 on four Windows 10 64-bit PCs for over a year with no problems.  I do not recall any installaion problems.  It works fine just like it did on my old Windows 7 machines.

November 29, 2019

Mind if I ask what computer you're using? I'm currently shopping for a new one. I have the creative standard design suite CS5 and I don't want to upgrade it. 

New Participant
December 1, 2019
I have no problem telling you about my PC but I don't think it will be of much help. I'm low budget and my PC is a refurbished (by HP) desktop model 500-424 which came with Win10 Pro installed. But I've also installed CS5 on my laptop, an Asus Aspire V5-571 with Win10 Home. Both work fine and neither caused any problem installing CS5. The laptop is significantly less powerful than the desktop. Phil
johnrg
Inspiring
January 20, 2016

Bill,

Yes it works fine. I have been using Master Suite CS5 on 2 machines since the summer that were upgraded to Windows 10. I had some issues installing on a new machine with Windows 10 but I solved them. The most problematic was Premiere Pro as it would crash on opening and closing. This was not an issue with the machines that already had CS5 installed but was an issue installing as new. This was only an issue with Premiere Pro. Photoshop installed just fine.

A couple of things to remember and might be wise to keep a text file along with a folder of CS5 updates/downloads. Installing CS5 can be done in  Windows 10 by opening the setup file in Compatibility Mode for Windows 7. Right click the file and hit properties. compatibility and select win 7 and then double click the setup file. The second thing to remember is Adobe Application Manager will not function in Windows 10. There is an update for AAM and it's specified for CS5.5 and CC. It also works to update AAM in CS5. I tested it last night and solved my issue updating my applications in Windows 10 to the last versions.

Hope this helps.

John

Participating Frequently
November 7, 2021

Bill, I have just downloaded  CS5 on a Windows 10 system, all the toolbars and the text that goes with then are very small and I cannot find a solution. Have you had this problem?

Jack.

John T Smith
Community Expert
November 7, 2021
John T Smith
John T SmithCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 17, 2015

Cloud & Win10 https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/Windows_10_compatibility_FAQ.html

-also, only CURRENT products will be tested and updated for compatibility with Windows 10

-so if you have an older program, you update to Windows 10 at YOUR risk of problems

An idea that MAY work to install and/or run old programs in Windows 10

-http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/15523-compatibility-mode-settings-apps-change-windows-10-a.html