Lightroom Classic not handing off photos to Photoshop

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October 23, 2022
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For at least the past 2 or 3 months I have been dealing with a very frustrating glitch and I haven't found a solution or received help from Adobe. This is my third attempt.

When I try to transfer a file from Lightroom Classic to Photoshop using the Photo>Edit In>Edit In Photoshop 2023, Photoshop launches put the file I am trying to move does not open. Right now I am using the updated versions of Lightroom Classic and Photoshop, but this was a problem prior to the 2023 updates. The work around has been to install an old version of Photoshop. Experimenting a little, it doesn't seem to make a difference which older version I choose, it just needs to be an older version.

If I am the only person reporting this problem, I presume there has to be something going on with my operating system. (?) All of that is updated and seems fine. Windows 10 Home. I don't know why the operating system would trigger a bug like this.

I am on a Dells XPS 17 with Windows 10 Home, 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor, 32 GB ram...

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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GRPImagery

Known Participant

All the time.

Uninstalling and reinstalling is only real fix I found. Extreamly frustrating.

Keith Reeder

Participating Frequently

That is the fix.

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@sydneylow

Inspiring

This is still an issue in April 2023 on macOS with

12.2.1 Lightroom Classic

24.3 Photoshop 2023

When this happens restarting the Mac fixes this for me.

KR Seals

Community Expert

If this was my issue, I would un-install PS, restart the computer and re-install PS via the Creative Cloud App. That way, I think it's more likely that LrC will be aware of PS being present.

Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.

J E L

Community Expert

Hi @W. Shane Schmidt, I'm sorry to hear about the continued trouble you've been having. Opening cold from Lightroom Classic (12.0 Release) to Photoshop 24.0.0 is working correctly for me so far (Windows 10).

Going step-by-step, do you first see this dialogue box with the three choices when you try Edit In >, either from the top Photo menu or by right-clicking on the image to open? If so, which of the three are you selecting? If you have multiple versions of either Photoshop or Lightroom installed on your system, how are your default app settings configured in Bridge? Are all of your Windows file associations set properly?