photoshop starts as background process

[Crystle5F85]

Until yesterday, Photoshop has been working fine. Today, it appears not to start, but it is actually starting as a background process and I can't access any of it. I've read the forums and tried:

-updating graphics card drivers

-disabling graphics cards

-uninstalling and reinstalling photoshop

-uninstalling and reinstalling all Adobe apps (except creative cloud)

-did a "repair" installation of Adobe Creative Cloud

-moved the settings folder and let photoshop create a new one

None of these worked. I'm running Windows 10 on an Alienware laptop with a Nvidia graphics card. Like I said, everything worked fine until this morning. All drivers up to date. Windows up to date. Running Photoshop 22.2

If it makes a difference, Illustrator and Acrobat work fine. 

Please help! I couldn't get any work done today at all.

Thank you.

[MarekMularczyk]

It's a very common glitch with Photoshop on Windows that I've seen happening for many years.

What seems to have always worked for me is to:

1. open Task Manager,
2. End Photoshop process,
3. keep Task Manager open and start Photoshop again

This has always worked for me.

[Crystle5F85]

That doesn't work for me. It just goes right to the background. I wish it had been that easy for me!

[MarekMularczyk · Accepted solution]

I know this isn't an ideal solution but since it's been working in the past, have you tried downgrading Photoshop to previous version?

[Crystle5F85]

I hadn't tried that yet but just did. It works! Thank you! I'll wait for another update and try the new version again. But at least this way I can keep working!

[MarekMularczyk]

Glad you got it working! 😉

[War Unicorn]

Also try making another administrative account to see if Photoshop opens there.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-...

[OldScout]

Here's the question that never gets asked: If it's a known bug and has been happening for many years, why doesn't Adobe just fix it?