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cleverActon0126
June 25, 2022
Question

Photoshop launches as a background process, stuck

  • June 25, 2022
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So recently, I have updated my photoshop, which then when i tried launching photoshop later, it would only launch in the background. Although I can get it working upon launching it as administrator, I can't open any photoshop files such as .psd. I am not sure if this is directly related to update, but it may relate.

 

I am currently using Windows 11 22000 (22H1),

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    Francesco Della PerutaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 26, 2022

    Maybe you can try to reinstall photoshop in a new added administrator windows account.

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    cleverActon0126Author
    June 26, 2022

    It seems that version 22.5.8 works fine, but not 23.4.1. Could there be a reason behind this?

     

    Also yes, I have tried to completely reinstall photoshop with the tool, didn't work.

     

    I haven't tried to reinstall photoshop in a new administrator account, will give it a try tho. Thanks a lot!

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    cleverActon0126Author
    June 26, 2022

    I just tested 23.3.0, which works perfectly fine like 22.5.8. Could this be because of 23.4.1?

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    Francesco Della PerutaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 26, 2022

    Hi, have you tried to completely reinstall photoshop with this tool?

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

    mglush
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    mglushCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 26, 2022

    Hi!

    What version of Photoshop are you using?

    Michelle

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    cleverActon0126Author
    June 26, 2022

    Photoshop version 23.4.1 (64 bit)on Windows 11 21H2 Build 22000.739. 

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    John_Finlayson
    Known Participant
    June 25, 2022

    Same problem with Windows 10, works OK from PC restart but leaves a background process running when photoshop closed, ending the background process helps most of the time.

     

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      cleverActon0126Author
      June 26, 2022

      I have tried to restart, reinstall, repair, and even reinstalling windows. It will launch in the background no matter what.

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