Photoshop is keep on showing 'unable to initialize backing library: lib:PlugPlugExternalObject "

[Jicejse]

I've recently upgraded from old MacBook Air  2014 to MacBook Air (M1, 2020). Everythign went on well but recently , photoshop started showing error message (unable to initialize backing library: lib:PlugPlugExternalObject ) whennver I click on a tool. I saw a similar thread and tried the suggestions but nothing worked so far. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app twice but no luck! 

It's annyoing like heck and giving me a hard time.  Any help would be highly appreciated. 

Ps: I have no extensions installed 

[Ranjisha Sengupta]

Hi @Jicejse 

Thanks for highlighting the issue and sharing the details. 

Are you using the latest version of the software? Have you tried resetting the preferences? 

If not done yet, restoring preferences after making sure all customized presets, like Actions, Patterns, Brushes, etc., have been saved might be a good starting point:

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

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html

Otherwise, you could try uninstalling, using the Cleaner Tool, and re-installing. (Save and back up your custom presets first, though.) 

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

Let us know how it goes.

Best,

Ranjisha

[RysUp]

Here is the solution, posted by another user (Matt) in another forum.  Much easier & faster than restoring all preferences, settings, etc.  Its just this one strange file: 

• (macOS) Users/<user name>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop <target_version> Settings
• Inside that folder, look for "tw0001.dat" and delete it or rename it to tw0001.dat.OLD (it's used for some old extension that is no longer required)