Hi! I've used droplets for many years and rely on them for work. For awhile now I've been getting the "Droplet couldn't communicate with Photoshop" error. I believe this started in September 2023 after the "upgrade" to Photoshop 25.0. I tried reinstalling fresh, and tried setting everything to "run as administrator" as per a past discussion thread, unfortunately neither solution is workable.
The fix seems to be that I have to have version 24.7.4 installed on my Dell PC running Windows 11 Pro. When I have 24.7.4 AND 25.11 installed, droplets will run on 25.11. As of 25.11, I no longer have to even open 24.7.4. But if I REMOVE 24.7.4, droplets stop working. They begin working again immediately after I reinstall 24.7.4, even without opening the program. To me this means there's a crucial file or bit of code missing in 25.11 and you just need to migrate it over. Please compare the two versions and figure out which file or permission the presence of 24.7.4 allows, as it's annoying to have two instances of Photoshop taking up space on the same machine. Thanks!
Francesca
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