Lightroom to Photoshop not syncing

[oshcan1]

I deleted Photoshop Beta to take care of the problem of locked up start screen.Now Lightroom and Photoshop are not synced. Open in Photoshop is greyed out and I cannot open any Lightroom photos in Photoshop.I don't want to uninstall and reinstall if I don't have to. To many plugins and such that I don't know where I have the serial numbers for,etc. Any ideas?

[kglad]

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[D Fosse]

This is one of the risks of installing a beta alongside the regular production version.

The latest installed will take over the file associations and the edit in Photoshop function. That's all fine as long as you have both still installed - you can then change it in Windows settings.

Problems happen when the one holding file associations is uninstalled with the other still in place. It will then take file associations with it, and hand them back to the operating system. Depending on a lot of factors this may not hand them back to the other Photoshop version that you still have installed.

All of this can be avoided by knowing this and taking it into consideration. Installation sequence is the key.

But if problems already have happened, the easiest way to correct it is to uninstall and reinstall. When Lightroom is involved, uninstall and reinstall both, and again, sequence matters. Install Photoshop first, Lightroom second so that it finds the correct Photoshop version.

[oshcan1]

Thank you.

[Sameer K]

Hey, @oshcan1. Welcome to the Photoshop Community. I'll help you figure this out. We understand that the recent issue required an uninstallation for Photoshop (beta). You can set up or recreate the link between Lightroom Classic & Photoshop 2024.

Try these steps.

• Reset Lightroom Classic following the second (manual) method from this article: https://adobe.ly/48fAc9Z
• Uninstall Photoshop & Lightroom Classic and then install again.

If you're on macOS, ensure Lightroom Classic & Photoshop have the required permissions on the macOS: https://adobe.ly/4amzwQg

Let me know how it goes. Thanks!
Sameer K

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[jane-e]

Uninstall Photoshop & Lightroom Classic and then install again.

By @Sameer K

Is this the same thing that DFosse said two days ago? 

Did I miss the part where the OP said it was LRC, not LR?

Jane

[D Fosse]

My bad. To me, Lightroom "Classic" is still the original and proper Lightroom, so I tend to just call it that. It's the cloud version that is the derivative offspring, so this naming convention still makes no sense to me. 

But yes, I'll try to be more precise and specify Lightroom Classic in the future.

[Mandolin_Tim]

Updating to the latest version of Photoshop  (CC-2025) saw the standard link from Lightroom to Photoshop stop working.  Perhaps I upgraded Lightroom first which may not have been the thing to do but even so Adobe should ensure that when an upgrade is available it should be (a) compatible with prior versions and (b) upgraded in the correct order, ie if Photoshop is to be upgraded and needs to be either before or after another of the programmes installed on a PC/Mac then the user should be prompted about correct order that should be followed.

Over and above this the 'Open as links in Photoshop' command know no longer works from Lightroom (Classic) with all the Photoshop options being greyed out.  I have uninstalled both and then reinstalled, firstly Photoshop then Lightroom but the link still does not work.  Is this a bug (if so it needs to be fixed urgently) or does something else need to be done?