I can't find the customize tool window in Photoshop 2023

Report · Oct 11, 2023

Today I updated Photoshop CC to the newest version. Now the toolbar is missing the curvature tool and I cannot find the customize toolbar window to add it. The three dots normally under the zoom tool are missing. Also missing is the "Toolbar" selection from the edit menu. I am working on a PC (Windows.)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Google has been no help.

Report · Oct 11, 2023

@Susan32851909u3bt your screenshot looks like an older version of Photoshop, items missing from the Edit Menu, PS icon looks like the older version and the move tool icon is from an older version, did you install this from the Creative Cloud app.

Can you post your Photoshop system info, in Photoshop go to Help > System Info, hit the copy button and paste the entire thing into this thread

This is what version 2024 looks like, which is the most recent version

Report · Oct 11, 2023

Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows NT
Version: 6.2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:3 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 3192 MHz
Built-in memory: 32664 MB
Free memory: 19139 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 25843 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 128K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
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Display: 1
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OpenCL Version:
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Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\
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Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
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Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Required\
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\
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Required plug-ins:

3D Studio 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Accented Edges 13.0
Adaptive Wide Angle 13.0
ADM 3.11x01
Angled Strokes 13.0
Average 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Bas Relief 13.0
BMP 13.0
Chalk & Charcoal 13.0
Charcoal 13.0
Chrome 13.0
Cineon 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Clouds 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
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Color Halftone 13.0
Colored Pencil 13.0
CompuServe GIF 13.0
Conté Crayon 13.0
Craquelure 13.0
Crop and Straighten Photos 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 13.0
Crosshatch 13.0
Crystallize 13.0
Cutout 13.0
Dark Strokes 13.0
De-Interlace 13.0
Dicom 13.0
Difference Clouds 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Diffuse Glow 13.0
Displace 13.0
Dry Brush 13.0
Eazel Acquire 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Embed Watermark 4.0
Entropy 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Extrude 13.0
FastCore Routines 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Fibers 13.0
Film Grain 13.0
Filter Gallery 13.0
Flash 3D 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Fresco 13.0
Glass 13.0
Glowing Edges 13.0
Google Earth 4 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Grain 13.0
Graphic Pen 13.0
Halftone Pattern 13.0
HDRMergeUI 13.0
IFF Format 13.0
Ink Outlines 13.0
JPEG 2000 13.0
Kurtosis 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Lens Blur 13.0
Lens Correction 13.0
Lens Flare 13.0
Liquify 13.0
Matlab Operation 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Maximum 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Mean 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Measurement Core 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Median 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Mezzotint 13.0
Minimum 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
MMXCore Routines 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Mosaic Tiles 13.0
Multiprocessor Support 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Neon Glow 13.0
Note Paper 13.0
NTSC Colors 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Ocean Ripple 13.0
Oil Paint 13.0
OpenEXR 13.0
Paint Daubs 13.0
Palette Knife 13.0
Patchwork 13.0
Paths to Illustrator 13.0
PCX 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Photocopy 13.0
Photoshop 3D Engine 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Picture Package Filter 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Pinch 13.0
Pixar 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Plaster 13.0
Plastic Wrap 13.0
PNG 13.0
Pointillize 13.0
Polar Coordinates 13.0
Portable Bit Map 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Poster Edges 13.0
Radial Blur 13.0
Radiance 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Range 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Read Watermark 4.0
Reticulation 13.0
Ripple 13.0
Rough Pastels 13.0
Save for Web 13.0
ScriptingSupport 13.0
Shear 13.0
Skewness 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Smart Blur 13.0
Smudge Stick 13.0
Solarize 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Spatter 13.0
Spherize 13.0
Sponge 13.0
Sprayed Strokes 13.0
Stained Glass 13.0
Stamp 13.0
Standard Deviation 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Sumi-e 13.0
Summation 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Targa 13.0
Texturizer 13.0
Tiles 13.0
Torn Edges 13.0
Twirl 13.0
U3D 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Underpainting 13.0
Vanishing Point 13.0
Variance 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Variations 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Water Paper 13.0
Watercolor 13.0
Wave 13.0
Wavefront|OBJ 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
WIA Support 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
Wind 13.0
Wireless Bitmap 13.0 (13.0 20120315.r.428 2012/03/15:21:00:00)
ZigZag 13.0

Optional and third party plug-ins:

Analog Efex Pro 3 NO VERSION
BackgroundFilter 5.0.5.10
Camera Raw 9.1.1
Camera Raw Filter 9.1.1
Color Efex Pro 5 NO VERSION
Dfine 2 5.0.5.10
FineStructuresFilter 5.0.5.10
HDR Efex Pro 2 5.0.5.10
HotPixelsFilter 5.0.5.10
Merge to HDR Efex Pro 2 5.0.5.10
Nik Collection Selective Tool 2.1.28
Nik Collection Service NO VERSION
Nik Selective Tool 2 5.0.5
Perspective Efex 5.0.5.10
Perspective Efex automation 5.0.5.10
ShadowsFilter 5.0.5.10
Sharpener Pro 3: (1) RAW Presharpener 5.0.5.10
Sharpener Pro 3: (2) Output Sharpener 5.0.5.10
Silver Efex Pro 3 NO VERSION
SkinFilter 5.0.5.10
SkyFilter 5.0.5.10
StrongNoiseFilter 5.0.5.10
Viveza 3 NO VERSION
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
Mini Bridge
Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

Report · Oct 11, 2023

@Susan32851909u3bt "Today I updated Photoshop CC to the newest version" you're running Photoshop Version: 13.0, so you're about 11 years behind the latest release.

If you do want to get the latest features you'll need to subscribe to the Creative Cloud

https://www.adobe.com/ie/creativecloud/photography/compare-plans.html

Report · Oct 11, 2023

That is so strange. I will reinstall! Thank you so much for your help!

Report · Oct 11, 2023

I did install it from Creative Cloud. And I agree that it doesn't look the way it should, but I have no idea why. Even the shortcut says 2024. It is soooooooo frustrating!

Report · Oct 11, 2023

You should be able to open it from the CC app

Report · Oct 11, 2023

Delete the desktop shortcut and create a new one, go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024, scroll down to the Photoshop.exe icon, right click and select Create Shortcut

I can't find the customize tool window in Photoshop 2023

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