Photoshop v26.9 and above does not start on VM with Windows 10

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August 21, 2025
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I have a virtual machine Oracle VirtualBox 6.1 installed. Windows 10 Pro 22H2 is installed on this VM. Photoshop 26.9 and 26.10 when launched on the VM with this OS, an error appears. On the host machine running the same OS, the program works correctly. On the same virtual machine, but running Windows 11 Pro 23H2, the program works correctly. It does not start only on the VM running Windows 10! This problem did not occur on earlier versions of Photoshop.

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M-H

Inspiring

I dont think Adobe actually supports it running on VMs, so if it was working before, you were lucky and if it doesnt work - no one said it would:P

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/enterprise/kb/technical-support-boundaries-virtualized-server-based.html

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sunctorusAuthor

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Don't think for others. Better read the document you provided the link to yourself!

> Creative Cloud products are permitted in virtualized environments.
> Adobe has conducted limited testing of some Creative Cloud products in virtualized or server-based environments.