P: Photoshop closes automatically after freezing for a few minutes

[belialy1]

Hi.

Photoshop closes automatically after freezing for a few minutes. It's very annoying to have to save your work every 2 minutes in case it happens again.

I thought that with today's update it would be solved, but no. I got confused and I have not saved the work and I have lost half an hour of work.

Attached system information.

[TheDigitalDog]

When Photoshop crashes, this is the first thing to do, try resetting your Photoshop preferences. Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (macOS) immediately after launching Photoshop. You will be prompted to delete the current settings. You can also reset preferences upon a quit if Photoshop is running by going into General Preferences>General>Reset on Quit.

OR:

Navigate to Photoshop's Preferences folder:
Windows 10: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
Now you can drag the entire Adobe Photoshop [Version] Settings folder to the desktop or somewhere safe for a backup of your settings

If that doesn't fix the issue:
Go to Preferences > Performance... and uncheck Multithreaded Compositing - and restart Photoshop.
Still crashing? 
Go to Preferences > Performance... click Advanced Settings... and uncheck "GPU Compositing" - then restart Photoshop. Still crashing?  

[CShubert]

Sorry to hear this @belialy1, have you rolled back to the previous version of Ps that you were able to work in and did that solve this?

What is the Flood plugin update status? Have you tried launching Ps without this to see if it might be at issue? It would be a good idea to contact them and see if they have any updates: http://flamingpear.com/flood-2.html

Thank you,

Cory

[belialy1]

Hi @CShubert 

This has been happening to me for at least 2 versions ago. I have been patient to see if it was solved with an update, but it has not been like that.

I installed the plugin you mention a few days ago, so it's not part of the problem. Also, I don't get the error report window.

[CShubert]

@belialy1 sorry to hear this.

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. 

1. Perform a CLEAN install of the GPU driver, if not already done so.
2. unplug any extra devices if there are any - hard drives, monitor etc.
3. Power mode - try Balanced (not high)
4. Boot to Safe Mode in Windows… and see what happens.
5. Run System File Check - Corrupt or broken files can cause driver power state failure error. Luckily, Windows 10 has a built-in tool known as System File Checker that restores any faulty files in your system.

Thank you,

Cory

[belialy1]

Hi @CShubert 

I have already done all these steps several times with the same result. The funny thing is that there are times when it does it with a small file, when the work has just started, with a maximum of 4 or 5 layers, and other times, with large files, with many groups of layers, I can spend hours working and it doesn't.

That's what's driving me crazy.

[CShubert]

Hi @belialy1, a couple questions:

Is your font panel open or do your files have text in them?

Do you have flick panning on or off in preferences?

Thank you,

Cory

[CShubert]

UPDAT: wanted to share some info we were able to find out about this @belialy1 

A fix for this should be available in the next Beta release and we would love it if you would try the beta to see if this solves the issue you see.

Thank you,

Cory

[belialy1]

Ok I'll wait for that beta update.

PS: I responded to your previous comment, but I don't understand why it isn't published. The answers were:
1.No
2. I don't know, I don't know that option.

[CShubert]

Thanks @belialy1 

FYI, the flick panning preference I mentioned:

Thank you,

Cory

[belialy1]

hi @CShubert 

Yes, that option is enabled.
Do I turn it off?

[CShubert]

It was an option to try from one of the team... let us know if it works or not.

Thank you,

Cory

[Mohit Goyal]

Hi all,

We're happy to announce the release of Photoshop 24.2. This update includes the fix for this issue. To see the list of all fixed issues, click here

To update Photoshop to 24.2, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to Photoshop. More detailed instructions for updating

Let us know if the update resolves the problem for those affected, and share your feedback.

Thanks,

Mohit

[yjk]

This is not fixed when applying a gradient in PS 26.8.1 but is fixed in the lates beta version 26.9.0

[nikunj.m]

Hi, thanks for reaching out! 

You've posted on an old conversation, and it's possible that the issue you're experiencing is not related to the behavior described here, though it might have similar symptoms. 

We would recommend creating a new post on the community and sharing more info, like the operating system you're working on and which GPU you have in the computer. 

Also, thanks for checking the Beta version and verifying that you're not experiencing the same behavior. For Photoshop 26.8.1, you can try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps mentioned here: https://adobe.ly/4lwUbar

Please backup your settings prior to resetting the preferences. You can check: https://adobe.ly/4etTQD7

Thanks,
Nikunj