Photoshop Crashing After Opening more than 2 Smart Objects

[Fahim5EC8]

So the thing is, every time when I try to open more than exactly 2 smart objects, my Photoshop crashes and I have to open up Task Manager and Kill Photoshop to get it back to work. This is getting irritating since I need to work on multiple files at once. I don't know if this is due to my system specs or else.
It used to work just fine. But recently I am facing this.

[Derek Cross]

Which version of Photoshop and OS?

How much RAM and spare hard disk capacity do you have?

Have you tried resetting the Photoshop preferences back to the factory defaults?

[Fahim5EC8]

I apologize for not being specific about my system specs in the actual post. 

My system specs are as follows:
AMD R4500U
16 (8x2) GB RAM DDR III
Windows 11 Pro
Adobe Photoshop 2022

I have total of 8GB allocated to Photoshop alone, I did change the scratch disk location because my Local C is running low on storage (6GB Left only)

No, I have not tried resetting the photoshop preferences back to factory defaults.

[Derek Cross]

Your system sounds inadequate for recent versions of Photoshop – you need at least 16GB of RAM and around 100GB of spare disk capacity.

[D Fosse]

my Local C is running low on storage (6GB Left only)

By @Fahim5EC8

This is precisely why it's crashing. Smart objects, while they are open, are stored in the system TEMP directory, not the scratch disk.

You are in any case so low on disk space that you will soon have much bigger problems than Photoshop. The whole machine may freeze up at any moment. This is an emergency situation that you need to deal with ASAP. 6 GB can be gone in seconds.

You should never allow your system drive to fill up more than 60 - 70%.