Cannot move Photoshop window around screen, snaps back to original location.

[iviondayjr]

Photoshop window will not move across screen. Windows 11, Photoshop 2023. Tried everything I can think of. Problem persists...

[kena96734745]

I'm having the same problem, except my window always snaps to the upper left corner, no matter where I try to move it.

[iviondayjr]

I tried the Beta version of Photoshop and that had the same issue. I ended up reverting to an older stable version and that fixed the window locking issue. 

[kmcolbourn]

I have the same problem with both versions.  Such a pain.  Adobe is absolutely no help.  

[chrisv68624024]

Same problem here. Just recently started. When I drag the main window around, it automatically snaps to the nearest corner.

I can adjust the width or height, but the corner always snaps.

[chrisv68624024]

Just uninstalled v25, tried v24.7, same bug. Uninstalled that, tried v24.6, no issues.

Seems the bug was introduced with v24.7 onward.

[ANTONIO29216756uujg]

Yes same issue also here. 

[Richwit]

I have the same problem 

[DrewRothman]

Yeah, there is a previous thread about this.

For me, it seems to affect all Adobe Creative products on Windows 11 (i.e. not just Photoshop, but also Illustrator, Premiere, etc.), but it does not do that with the same versions of those products on Windows 10.

The only way to move it is to stretch the window edges one at a time to get it to the desired spot.

[Marvelous_Flower1587]

Sometimes this happens when upgrading from Windows 10 to 11.
This seemed to resolve most issues with the snapping.

Try this:
in Windows 11 I had to enable "Show window contents while dragging"

1. Run (Win+R) SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe to open Visual Effects Performance Options.
2. In the Visual Effects tab, check (on - default) or uncheck  Show window contents while dragging for what you want, and click/tap on OK.

[kristenh92756239]

Don't have a show window content while dragging option.

[Ed Abo]

Terrible workaround here.  I am on a PC. When I want to move the photoshop window, I first maximize photoshop to full screen.  I grab the header bar and drag the window down to pull it out of full screen.  While still holding the window, a white outline of the window is shown and I focus on the top left corner.  I put that corner where I want the window to be and let go of the window.  I then drag the right side and bottom to the size I want.  To move the window without it snapping back, I repeat full size, drag window, and then resize.

[kmcolbourn]

Big thanks to Daniel Presedo at Adobe, he suggested trying turning off/on the "show window effects while dragging" in my system settings.  It was turned off so I turned it on and it worked.  Again thank you very much.

[chrisv68624024]

Can also confirm, @Marvelous_Flower1587's suggestion worked for me. In my case, I had already turned it off, but toggling it on and back off seemed to fix whatever orphan setting caused the problem.

[DrewRothman]

I can confirm that re-checking "Show window contents while dragging" does get around the issue. That said, the reason I had it un-checked in the first place was that it had been recommended to disable it for better performance in Adobe Premiere Pro...

[chrisv68624024]

@DrewRothmanIn my case I was able to turn it right back off again. Just flipping the switch seemed to correct the issue.

[DrewRothman]

@chrisv68624024 Yeah, I tried the disable/enable trick but it went back to misbehaving, so I left the box checked.

[Samuel Leonar32491595kcro]

I just create this acc to say thank you. Its the ultimamte fix for this issue. 

[ACD@MRH]

Daniel Prosedo's solution works!   Thank you.

[icashootnstar3@gmail.com]

There are reports that the latest beta release 25.1 fixes the issue.

[icashootnstar3@gmail.com]

... though apparently thiere are a lot of other problems with that release.

[numaneagle]

thanks a million it worked

[Ciaran1000]

Mine was ticked so I unchecked it and then checked it again and it worked. Adobe needs to get this sorted in their next update.

[nancyt42642366]

Thank you! Easy fix and works!

[cul8r]

Thank you @Marvelous_Flower1587 - I've had this problem for a few months, searched Google and could not find a solution.  Finally found your suggestion and it worked perfectly!