Lost Menu Bar

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April 13, 2025
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I work on 2 montors and am able to use #2. Obviously I hit some keys accidentally as #1 monitor retained the photo I was working on and thr ruler bars are on the top and side, but about 1/4 the original size. Everything else is gone. Even the taskbar with I kept at the bottom of the screen. The Start icon (at the far left on the taskbar) is the only shortcut left on #2. That and Chrome which I have open. I've tried the F9 key to no avail. Actually pressed all the F keys but nothing happens. I've brought up Photoshop 2025 on thr Start icon and pressed it twice while holding down Shift-Ctrl-Alt and the items I use on #2 popped up (tool bar, patterns, color, brushes, etc) but no menu bar on #1. Actually I would like all three bars. I can also get these by right clicking on the #1 screen. I am totally at a loss. Can anyone tell me how to get the menu bar back on monitor #1?

Windows

Sameer K

Community Manager

Hey, @HangtownGal. Welcome to the Photoshop Community. I'll move this post to discussions. I'll need more info to help you figure this out. Please share screenshots of how it appears now.

You can go to Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials, and this should help. If it does not, ensure there are no stale preferences in your Photoshop; go to the location of the preference folder below, and rename it to backup.

Windows 10/11: Users/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop [version]/Adobe Photoshop [version] Settings
You can press Press the Windows key > Enter 'Run' > Enter %APPDATA%\Adobe
Rename the Adobe Photoshop folder by adding a .old at the end. (Adobe Photoshop 2025 > Rename > Adobe Photoshop 2025. old), you can later restore these preferences if needed.(https://adobe.ly/4860qM9)
Restart the computer.

These changes will give a fresh start to Photoshop as a fresh install. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks!

Sameer K

(Type '@' and type my name to mention me when you reply)

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HangtownGalAuthor

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@Sameer K

Thank you so very much for your response. After a few hours I gave up on yesterdays project and started today with a fresh image and prompt. Still, the only thing that happens is that Adobe takes more credits. LOL It looks like I'm going to lose all of them just trying to figure Firefly out. In fact I tried to post today with today's problem [same as yesterday] but get the message "Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied." I'm unaware of any HtML invaid or not but I can't post. I reset the workspace as you suggested but it doesn't appear that it corrected my problem.

My current image won't upload, but the URL is https://www.etsy.com/listing/266243204/ballet-charm-earrings-ballet-jewelry?ref=shop_home_active_32&frs=1&logging_key=3cb4f0b5c0903bbff6505cee98f1be795ddb569d%3A266243204

The Propt I used is

Two ballerina charms in purple tutus are in a room that has wooden floors and 2 walls of mirrors with a practice bar. The ballerinas twirl. The one on the left bows from the waist.

I don't know what's wrong. Is there a problem you see with the prompt? Dang I get the same eror message when I preview this reply!

Claire H.

Community Manager

Thank you, Claire, for the very welcome advice. I need all the help I can
get. I did get my menu bar back. This Firefly program seems to want to
block me at every turn. When I click on Generate absolutely nothing
happens. However, if I put my cursor at the end of my Prompt and click
the Enter key in my keyboard it generates every time. Eventually the
ballerinas simply floated out. Not what I wanted but I used it anyway.

My name is Carole. I'm 82 and I design, make, and sell jewelry. I have a
shop on Etsy called EarringsBraceletsEtc. I want to use Firefly to make
videos for various pieces of jewelry I have for sale. This means I have to
use the photos I've taken and put on the site. I can upload 10 images and
1 video for each jewelry listing. So my Prompts have to clarify the need to
use the photos I upload, the actual jewelry that's for sale. The next pair
of earrings I want to work on are surfboarders. I've attached a photo. The
Prompt I've come up with so far is "The two surfer earrings are surfing on
the crest of a wave. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. A fish is
swimming in front of the surfers." I don't think this will really be what
I'd like it to be so I'll keep working on it. If you see anything that
should be changed in the Prompt I'd really appreciate your advice.

I will cross my fingers and hope this will post.

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Take care and stay safe.

Carole

Hi @HangtownGal, Wow that is really cool! Are you using Adobe Firefly for these prompts or the tools within Photoshop? If you're having Firefly issues, I recommend contacting the Firefly board: https://adobe.ly/44QMuH5

Let me know if you have any other questions about Photoshop! ^CH

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