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Awesome_athlete157F
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October 5, 2023
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Broken right click shortcut to Photoshop on Windows 11

  • October 5, 2023
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Hi,

For some reason, I can't right click on JPEGs or PNGs to open them in Photoshop anymore. All I get is a broken shortcut to "Photoshop.exe." PSDs still open properly. I thought I would uninstall the app to try and make that go away, but it's still there. How do I fix it? Re-installing Photoshop did not help. The broken shortcut is all that appears, even if I manually navigate to Photoshop 2024 in the Choose Another App menu.

    Correct answer Awesome_athlete157F

    I just tried that by navigating to Photoshop 2024 as the default for JPGs and the shortrcut is still broken. I don't want to use Photoshop every time, though. When it's installed, PSDs open in Photoshop just fine. I want to keep the default Windows photo viewer for viewing JPEGs and PNGs, but when I want to edit them, I would like the option in the right click menu.

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    AxelMatt
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    AxelMattCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 5, 2023

    Check (and set) the appropriate file associations for jpeg and png in Windows

    How to Set Your Default Apps on Windows 11 (howtogeek.com)

    How to Change File Associations in Windows (lifewire.com)

     

    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
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    Awesome_athlete157FAuthorCorrect answer
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    October 6, 2023

    I just tried that by navigating to Photoshop 2024 as the default for JPGs and the shortrcut is still broken. I don't want to use Photoshop every time, though. When it's installed, PSDs open in Photoshop just fine. I want to keep the default Windows photo viewer for viewing JPEGs and PNGs, but when I want to edit them, I would like the option in the right click menu.

      AxelMatt
      Community Expert
      AxelMattCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 6, 2023

      Take a look here: How to Add Any Application to the Windows Desktop Right-Click Menu (howtogeek.com)

       

      My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
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