Photoshop shutting down

[pslane1]

I upgraded to  Windows 10 a couple of months now and I have been having problems with it shutting down over night and sometimes after a few hours in the daytime. I have changed my settings to no sleeping, checked most of my software that updates automatically and reboots when done.

I did finally manage to stop auto updates and rebooting from Creative Cloud so it shouldn't a problem.

I mostly do artwork on my computer and I usually have several windows open with partially completed projects going on. When I go back later or in the AM it's all closed down, I have to open all the programs and hunt for my active work. 

What I want to know is if there could be any updates and rebootings going on with Photoshop or Illustrator even though I have stopped it in Creative Cloud?  I am just grasping at straws at this point.

[Myra Ferguson]

If you're just now upgrading to Windows 10, I'm guessing that it's Windows auto-updating.

I'd recommend saving your Photoshop files as Cloud Documents so that they'll automatically save.

• Photoshop cloud documents | Common questions

[pslane1]

I have been in settings and set everything to manual update or at lease I think I did.  Please tell me how to change it all to manual update so I can see if I've done that right. Thanks.

[Myra Ferguson]

Here is information from Microsoft's community forums on preventing Windows 10 from auto-updating:

• How to stop automatic updates in Windows 10

[pslane1]

Thanks for the link.  I hope it works.

[pslane1]

I don't mind the updating, it's the re-booting that is making problems.  Do you think I would have this problem with Windoes 11?

[Myra Ferguson]

That may be a question for the Microsoft forums.

[Trevor.Dennis]

One of the first things I do after installing Windows is to disable hibernate. 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/disable-and-re-enable-hibern...

Hold down the Windos key and type CMD to open the Command Prompt.

Type powercfg.exe /hibernate off  and hit Enter

Type Exit to close the Command Prompt

[pslane1]

I tried the hibernate off command and was told that I did not have administrator priviledges for that.  If you think it would make a big difference I can get mu tech to do it.  Thanks