I have recently done an update and now when I open PS the tools on the left side are blacked out. Other times they are there. I have to keep closing and opening up again. I would really appreciate advice.
@Andy J Hart not sure what you mean by blacked out, but have a look at the correct answer in the below link to see if it helps, if it's not that, can you post a screenshot to highlight the issue
Hi, was it an operating system update or a photoshop one? Which version are you using? Did you try to reset Photoshop's preferences manually by dragging the preferences folder to the desktop. This way you can copy them back if it does not work: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually