“Could not complete the Camera Raw Filter command because of a program error”

[BhargavKbmy]

i m facing issue in letest photoshop..
i try all the ways, like reinstallation, older version, but still not working 

any buddy knows solution ???
please Help me...
Bhargav

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[LB Photography xoxo]

Is anyone else having issues with the Camera Raw filter after updating to Photoshop 2025? My Photoshop keeps freezing every time I try to open the filter. Thanks. 

[AxelMatt]

[LB Photography xoxo]

That worked !!! Thank you so much 🙂 

[wtfarmgirl]

Cannot do it, gives me the same error message "program error"

[AxelMatt]

Please be more detailed.

What you cannot do?

What's the exact error message?

What do you do before the error occur?

Please also provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the Photoshop menu item Help > System Info. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post.

[jane-e]

@BhargavKbmy 

I've moved your post from Creative Cloud Desktop to the Photoshop forum. 

Jane

[Ged_Traynor]

@BhargavKbmy try resetting your ACR preferences

[garryd73943729]

I'm having the same issue with the 17.0.1 update, and this fix isn't working.  Raw won't open as a plugin or standalone, and isn't even allowing me to open the preferences.  I assume that it's a fault with the update?

[PaulYorks]

Today whilst using Photoshop the ability to open RAW files (Nikon NEF) suddenly stopped and I get the message "could not complete your request because of a program error"

I get this message if I try and open a NEF file, if I click on the menu "Filter" "Camera Raw filter" I also get the message if I go into preference and try and reset the RAW preferences by holding down ctrl and clicking the button Camera Raw Preferences.

I have uninstalled and re-installed Photoshop but it hasn't fixed the problem, I have also checked for updates via Creative Cloud.

It's strange that it was working fine and I was able to open RAW files, edit and save and then suddenly this stopped working, it's as if Camera Raw has been corrupted but I can't find a solution.

So I'm looking for help on this one

[m_7927]

Hello, since this morning my Adobe Photoshop won't open photos anymore due to program error but I can't find where it comes from. Does anyone have any tips?

[Kjell_Marmlind]

I have the same problem. But it works fine from Photoshop Beta. 

[D Fosse]

Please show a screenshot of the error message.

What type of file, how are you opening.

[D Fosse]

I've had this since 25.11 and up, not before. It happens when PS has been running for a while, not immediately when opening.

I'm pretty sure this is a bona fide bug and someone shoul collect these threads and merge them. There's been a few. The rather curious observation I've made so far, is that it only seems to happen to users outside the English language zone. Yeah, I know 😉

Oh, and resetting ACR (or PS) preferences doesn't do anything.

[m_7927]

By Raw files 

[m_7927]

Open it via open in the home screen or drag them via the folder but both don't work

[D Fosse]

Here's another one, just in:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/adobe-photoshop-won-t-open-my-photo-s... 

[D Fosse]

Yes, as I suspected. This seems to be a real bug.

Here's another one today: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/i-m-facing-issue-camera-raw-17-0-1-gi... 

Could a moderator merge these two for a start? There's been quite a few already, and more will probably come.

[jane-e]

@D Fosse wrote: Could a moderator merge these two for a start?

I've merged the two posts

Jane

[D Fosse]

Yes, there's been quite a few reports on this. It seems to be a bona fide bug. I'm trying to collect threads so that they can be merged and posted properly under "Bugs".

[D Fosse]

Thank you, Jane 🙂

I'll try to watch this and direct new cases here.

Here's the problem description:

• When Photoshop is freshly launched, everything works as it should.
• After a while, exact timing seems to vary, a few minutes to a half hour, ACR will no longer open, and you get the error message shown in the OP here.
• This started in Photoshop 25.11. Version 25.9 and earlier are unaffected by this.
• This affects both the ACR raw processor and the ACR Filter in Photoshop.
• When the ACR filter is called by an action, without calling the interface, it seems to work normally.
• Edit in Photoshop from Lightroom Classic, also not calling the interface, works normally.

[Kjell_Marmlind]

• When Photoshop is freshly launched, everything works as it should. - This is not the case for me, it stoped working a couple of days ago in Regular Photoshop. But in Photoshop Beta everything still work as normal. They both use the same Camera raw arent they?

[D Fosse]

I've never installed any beta so I don't know.

But I do believe the actual problem is in Photoshop, not ACR, since version 25.9 still works perfectly (I still have it installed). It's only version 25.11 and later.

[jane-e]

@Kjell_Marmlind wrote: "in Photoshop Beta everything still work as normal"

Photoshop Beta is for finding and reporting bugs so the developers can fix them before they go to the released version. If it's working there, one possibility is that they have found a fix that will be in an upcoming release.

There might be details on the Photoshop beta forum:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta/ct-p/ct-photoshop-beta

Jane

[guido_4548]

Buona sera mi chiamo Guido Drago, è successo esattamente così anche a me, ho lavorato per circa un mese senza problemi, poi improvisamente Photoshop apre solo file PSD, non NEF e nemmeno JPEG. L'idea che mi sono fatto e che non carichi correttamente Camera RAW. Ho provato anche con Camera Raw 16 e 16.5 ma da lo stesso problema. Ho disinstallato Photoshop e reinstallato, poi ho rimesso Camera Raw 17 ha funzionato per quanche ora e poi dopo aver spento il pc e riacceso non ha piu funzionato.

[guido_4548]

Io ho comperato l'Adobe Creative Cloud su Amazon scontato, leggo che altri hanno lo stesso problema mio. Vi sono altrim utenti che hanno fatto l'acquisto da Amazon?