Photoshop 2024 25.11.0 has become a mess - how do I make 2023 my default?

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August 13, 2024
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Some changes have suddenly appeared in my version of Photoshop 2024 25.11.0, mainly with the pen tool and path commands and functionality. For instance, simply adding an extra node to a path has become impossible. The + icon has been replaced with a * and seems to have no purpose. Playing with the keyboard produces a + icon... but it serves only to duplicate the entire path, not to add an extra node. It's downright awful. There are other infuriating changes which just appeared overnight. This has made it impossible to work - so I'd like to make 2023 my default version and (hopefully) remove 2024 from my system. How do I do this? Thanks.

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Jerry 1066Author

Inspiring

Hokay, I've reset the preferences and the pen tool is back to normal. The other issue was I think a mask that had switched on somehow. Now I have to get all my preferences and shortcuts back to where they were before. Is there any process that will save all my preferences, settings and shortcuts into one file that I can just import again in future?

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

The "Backup Preferences" section of this page shows you were the prefs are stored so you can save a copy to reinstall.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

However, if preferences were the cause of your issues, restoring them would be detremental.

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Jerry 1066Author

Inspiring

I haven't reset my preferences yet - I'm about to do it. But the following has happened to both Photoshop 2024 AND 2023.... The Move tool refuses to move anything unless it is right at the top of the layers stack. says it cannot move the target because the target channel is hidden. Only when I drag that layer up to the top can I move it or transform it. The same happens with the Type tool. Cannot use type tool because the target layer is hidden. It's not hidden at all. Work that one out.