Freeze/Endless Loading after trying to drag layers

This is really infuriating, I don't know how many time I lost my work because of this

@DraegerArt , sorry, this one is frustrating. Have you tried blowing away your preferences for the build that you are using, then also toggle the 'Deactivate Native Canvas' switch and restart, if simply redoing prefs doesn't work.

Sorry, I haven't responded....I honestly can't quite pin down what in my workflow is causing this other than simply moving layers around. I've been trying to work it out. I even got it in a new document with only 2 layers in it yesterday that I created after using "duplicate layers" to a new/empty documrent. I do almost always need to have multiple photoshop documents open... but that's "normal". (I was in QA for many years and am well-versed in reproducing bugs and explaining the process, so if I knew more.. or at this point; when I know more, I'll definitely tell you!)

Hi @DraegerArt , would it be possible to share your workflow or steps to reproduce so the team can try to do the same and see what is happening?

Thank you,

Ok, @DraegerArt. will pass this on to the team to see what else might be happening.  Thank you for your patience, hang in there and we will do all we can to help you.

Thank you,

Okay so I did this, and now I am not only getting this crash but the Select and Mask crash that plagues my existence that I haven't seen in a long time has returned.

Thank you for the update @DraegerArt.

A system hang or freeze requiring a computer restart usually means a low level failure such as a driver (bad video card driver, etc), failing hardware (hard disk, video card, etc.) or damaged OS installation.   Let's try this:

Close Photoshop
Restart the computer
Use the Adobe Creative Cloud App to uninstall Photoshop
Restart the computer
Install Photoshop via the Creative Cloud App without launching any other programs.
Restart the computer
LaunchPhotoshop
Wait 5 minutes... does the error persist?

Thank you,

Well that didn't take long... sadly, I got the freeze. Not sure if this helps; but the layer or layers I am attempting to move appear duplicated whenever this happens. The selection will also appear offset from the mouse cursor instead of under it. I also get stuck in the "grabby" fist cursor.

Okay! I've adjusted back to 70% and I downloaded the latest driver. I'll see how this functions this week and give an update when I have one (or in a week if this fixes it!) I do know I did have this happen with the memory set to 70% previously, I actually upped it to see if it would help avoid the crash a while ago.

Thank you for your sysinfo @DraegerArt, a couple things we notice. You have your Ps memory usage set to 85%, it is reccomended to not exceed 70%, please change this in Preferences and restart.  Also, your video drivers appear to be 4 months old, so they should be updated if possible and restart the computer... did that fix anything?

If not, 

Let's make sure we're in a default state and there are no stale settings somewhere: 

Restore your preferences using this manual method:  

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually  

Does it work correctly? 

If that doesn't solve it, you can quit Photoshop and put the Settings folder back. 

Thank you,