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Dear Support Community,
my InDesign (v14.0.3) freezes apprx. 1 second after launching it. It only shows the "Touch Workspace"-overlay and the animation of the finger drawing a rectangle after freezing the program completely. The only way to close InDesign is via task manager.
I tried reinstalling, updating, older versions, deleting old files but i can't seem to find a solution.
I would be very thankful for any kind of help!
Best regards!
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Dear Support Community,
my InDesign (v14.0.3) freezes apprx. 1 second after launching it. It only shows the "Touch Workspace"-overlay and the animation of the finger drawing a rectangle after freezing the program completely. The only way to close InDesign is via task manager.
I tried reinstalling, updating, older versions, deleting old files but i can't seem to find a solution.
I would be very thankful for any kind of help!
Best regards!
{Renamed By MOD}
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Hi there,
Sorry to hear about the trouble you are facing with InDesign, you can try resetting the preferences for InDesign as corrupt preferences is one of the primary reason for crashing. Please follow the steps below for resetting the preferences:
Manual Reset:
For Windows
For MAC
Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and InDesign will launch with default settings. This way all your old settings will be saved in .old folders and InDesign will recreate new folders with default settings.
Help Article: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/setting-preferences.html
If that doesn't help, I would request if you can share a few more details like:
Regards
Rishabh
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Dear Rishab,
unfortunately that did not work out. 😞
Here is some more information as requested:
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit-Version (10.0, Build 18362.418)
Last year in Novembre I used InDesign successfully for some Designs and did not use it since. Last month I wanted to start using it again (with a brand new license) but it did not work so I tried some stuff but nothing has helped since... There has not been a change to my antivirus system and apart from the Windows and driver updates I am not aware of any major changes...
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Matthias
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Hi Matthias,
Sorry to hear about this frustrating situation. Could you please share a small video or a few screenshots of the screen where it gets stuck?
We're here to help!
Regards,
Srishti
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Hi Srishti,
sure! Here we go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM-LVkjTY74&feature=youtu.be
In this case (I assume because OBS caught plenty of ressources) I was still able to click the button. Without OBS running, I can't even click it because of the freeze... By the way: This is InDesign v15.0 now. 😉
Regards,
Matthias
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Dear Srishti,
do you need any further or more detailed information? I desperately need InDesign to work 😞
Regards,
Matthias
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So I found "kind of" a solution.
I started my Laptop in Safe Mode. There I was able to open Id, so I went into Edit->Preferences->General.
I deactivated all kinds of things like "Show HomeScreen..." and the touchspace-activation. I rebooted w/o Safe Mode and I was finally able to use Id.
HOWEVER:
With every update I have to go through this again.
Whenever I have to reset preferences due to another bug, I have to go through this again.
It seems to me like Id is using more resources than it should be. All in all (graphics, speed, etc.) it doesn't "feel right"...
The bug (or some other that is very similar) still occurs if my Laptop is not freshly rebooted.
This solution was not given by the Adobe which actually kind of disappoints me. I had to try all kinds of things for A LOT of hours just to get this started. I really love all everything Adobe does. But this still bugs me out quite a bit.
Hope this helped you, though. 🙂
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After a huge amount of frustration with this, I literally just started punching random key combinations across the entire keyboard trying to create any program response... In doing so, I happened upon "Ctrl + Enter"; which opens a "Quick Apply" window. Searching for "Workspace" brings up several "Load __ Default Workspace" options. Clicking on one of these finally breaks the nonsensical program lock and opens the workspace. You can then use the workspace selection drop menu per usual to load whatever you want.
So, for those just browsing this thread, the steps are:
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I was not willing to disable all Windows 10 touchscreen functionality or reboot in safe mode just to use InDesign 2021, so I tried this, and it worked for me. Thank you for punching randomly and stumbling upon the solution!
Frustrating that after 5 years of this known issue, it hasn't been resolved yet. -_-
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I had the same issue with 16.0. This is the only thing that worked for me:
https://www.howtogeek.com/258522/how-to-enable-or-disable-your-computers-touch-screen-in-windows-10/
It means the touchscreen is completely disable, but better than nothing I guess. I'm surprised this hasn't been fixed as it's been a known issue since 2016.