Photoshop stuck as background process

[Guest]

I have looked up solutions and similar problems to this for a few hours now and I'm just going to throw in the towel and ask.

Before you ask, a few things

 - My PC is able to run it for I have been running it fine

 - I always run as administrator so it's not as simple as that (I have tried running it normally too)

 - I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program multiple times

 - Updated to the latest version

 - All my drivers have been updated to the latest version as well

 - Restarted My PC several times after different attempts to fix

 - Updated windows to the latest version

I had this problem back in Photoshop 2019 as well and I have no idea how it fixed, but then it just stopped working again.  Help much appreciated.

task manager proof

[Akash Sharma · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Sorry that process for Photoshop 2020 and Photoshop 2019 keeps running in the the background even when it's not open. 

As you've covered many basic troubleshooting, would you mind creating a new administrative user account(Windows) and see if the issue still persists in it? Refer the below article to know how to create a new user account/root account: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4026923/windows-10-create-a-local-user-or-administrator-acc...

Thanks,

Akash

[Guest]

Sorry for the late response as for I had classes in the morning and other things to do, but this worked first try, thank you for the help.

[magnificent_Daisy157F]

That link is no longer valid

[Ussnorway]

the link is correct but Adobe redirrect server is buggering it up

try this one

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026923/windows-10-create-a-local-user-or-administrator-acc...