P: Could not initialize Photoshop because of a disk error

[Marlexen]

Hello,

I've installed the Adobe Creative Cloud on a PC.

- Windows 10 Professional 21H1

- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor 3.60 GHz

- RAM 16 Go

- 156 Go of space disk remaining on the SSD

Illustrator and InDesign launch perfectly, but Photoshop (v23.0) doesn't.
I've tried to uninstall it to install an older version (22.5.2) but I always get the same message : "Could not initialize Photoshop because of a disk error" ("Impossible d'initialiser Photoshop en raison d'une erreur de disque" in French).

I tried to uninstall and install it again, to reboot the PC. I also tried to change the disk with ctrl + alt, but nothing appears but the error message.

Can you please help me with this error, this is the only PC with this problem in my company.

Thanks in advance

[D.Stanicki]

Hello,

after i update the photoshop to the newest version i got an error:

It says 

Photoshop cannot be initialized because a disk error has occured

 Error occured even in photoshop 2021 and older right now. Can't fix it with clearing temp files, reset settings or reinstall the program. Ctrl+alt shortcut no longer work so i can't change disk. Any ideas?

[ErichMosier]

Photoshop 23.0

PC - Windows 10

Trying to open photoshop, Get the error:  Could not initialize Photoshop because of disk error.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled.

Restarted the computer several times.

Was working fine uptil it updated yesterday.

To reproduce: try to open Photoshop

Expected Result: Photoshop will open

[chris.photo.83]

re bonjour, depuis la mise a jours de photoshop, quand je lance l aplication j ai un message d erreur"impossible d'initialiser photoshop en raison d'une erreur de disque " j ai desinstaler tout mes logiciels adobe et reinstaler rien je ne peu plus travailler meme la version inferieur, sinon ligthroom fonctionne nikel. je comprend pas merci

[Mataniels]

Try installing Camera Raw 13.1 here - https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html 

[lancep97956778]

See Jerrery Tranberry's answer above. It should fix your issue.

Install the Media Feature Pack in windows as instructed here:

 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/media-feature-pack-list-for-windows-n-editions-c1c6fffa-d0...

[Baipo5E24]

I just updated Photoshop to 2020 PC version and I've got this error message "could not initialize photoshop because of a disk error"

I press ctrl + Alt and I can't get in.

[Lilian Lsrd]

[Ged_Traynor]

Hi

Do you mean Photoshop 2022, this error seems to be related to Windows N edition, so if that's the version of Windows you have take a look at this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-could-not-initialize-photoshop-because-of-...

[Ged_Traynor]

This error seems to be related to Windows N edition, so if that's the version of Windows you have take a look at this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-could-not-initialize-photoshop-because-of-...

[defaultwkq7hbvlsdh0]

Quando clico para arrancar o programa ocorre este erro , Pc formatado sem mais programas no mesmo, discos encontrão se assim : 

e tenho 16 gb de Ram e uma rx 570 de 4 gb

[LisaWindisch_13]

Since a few days I'm not able to open Photoshop anymore. Error says: 

Failed to initialize Photoshop because a volume error occurred.

I tried uninstalling the newest version and putting up the old one - but now the same Error appears.

I also tried to open Photoshop as usual through Lightroom - edit in-Photoshop. Same Error -.-

There is also enough free space on my hard drives.

Please someone help 😞

Thx, Lisa

[michaelm94012895]

I'm getting the completely same error since yesterday. Even the older version 22.5.2 is not working anymore. I have >80 GB free on my working drive. Photoshop worked till the update. Sadly, I'm not able to work with Photoshop anymore...

Thanks, and regards Michael

[Ged_Traynor]

Hi

Take a look at this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-could-not-initialize-photoshop-because-of-...

[michaelm94012895]

Thanks this resolved the error 🙂

[Ged_Traynor]

You're welcome 🙂

[LisaWindisch_13]

this solved the problem - thank you so much!!!!

[Arteixo]

Me ocurres desde hace un par de días. ¿Se habrá quedado mi ordenador obsoleto?

[J E L]

@Arteixo Sorry to hear about the trouble. Are you using the latest Creative Cloud version (PS 2022, v 23.0)? You can check the computer minimum requirements for Photoshop here. Photoshop system requirements (adobe.com)

Were you able to work okay using an earlier version of Photoshop? Here is how to go back to a previous version. Please let us know if this helps. Install previous versions of your Creative Cloud apps (adobe.com)

[Kiachtisak5FC4]

could not initialize photoshop because of a disk error

windows 10 How do we fix it?

[Ged_Traynor]

Hi

Take a look at this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-could-not-initialize-photoshop-because-of-...

[Ged_Traynor]

Hi

Take a look at this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-could-not-initialize-photoshop-because-of-...

[carlos ernestok41935784]

Solucione  instalando  camara raw 13.1 ---------------  gracias 

[Magali98C6]

Buenas a todos! Necesito ayuda. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hace unos días me salió la actualización a Photoshop 2022 V.23, la instalé y cuando lo quiero abrir me aparece un mensaje que dice "No se ha podido inicializar Photoshop porque ha habido un error de disco" .
Lo desinstalé y volví a instalar la versión anterior y sucede lo mismo, los demás programas de adobe funcionan perfecto. alguno le pasó? Saben como resolverlo? Muchas gracias!

[Ged_Traynor]

Hi

Take a look at this thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-could-not-initialize-photoshop-because-of-...

[SweetTecGmbH]

nach Installation erhalte ich beim Starten von Photoshop folgenden Fehler

Programm wurde deinstalliert und dann erneut installiert, keine Änderung, andere Programme von Adobe starten ohne Fehler

google Suche findet leider keinen passende Lösung

[Stefan5C97]

Ich habe den selben Fehler, nach dem Update konnte ich Photoshop auf meinen beiden Rechnern nicht mehr starten. Es ist genügend RAM (16Gb) und genügend Festplattenspeicher (> 200Gb) frei. 

Lightroom CC funktioniert, jedoch "After Effects" (Testversion) hat den selben Fehler.

Ich habe ebenfalls ältere Versionen installiert, welche ebenfalls nicht mehr starten...