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Reopen all files automatically when reopening Photoshop

  • January 3, 2024
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As things stand right now, there seems to be no way of reopening automatically all the files that were open when one closes Photoshop and reopens it, or multiple files all at once in the Recent files opening window, where you can only reopen one file at a time.
Why is that? It's kind of surprising that Adobe wouldn't have found a way to make this happen by now, since it's such an obvious need for users.
Or am I mistaken and there is a way to do it?

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    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2024
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    As things stand right now, there seems to be no way of reopening automatically all the files that were open when one closes Photoshop and reopens it,

     

    The script that I previously posted mostly allows for this by explicitly running a separate save and separate restore session script.

     

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    ...or multiple files all at once in the Recent files opening window, where you can only reopen one file at a time.


    By @christophev30535320

     

    The following script from Trevor Morris does this:

     

    https://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/scripts/open-recent.html

     

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 3, 2024

    I recently wrote a script to save a "session" and reopen it again later:

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/scripts-to-save-amp-restore-photoshop-sessions/m-p/14239969#M765734

     

    You can follow the links posted in that *discussion* to the *idea* feature request and vote for it to be added as a native fature.

     

    Participating Frequently
    January 4, 2024

    Awesome, thank you!

    Participating Frequently
    January 5, 2024

    On my Mac, it shows a preview of the contents, which in my preview is obviously JavaScript code... Your preview isn't code?

     

    What if you select the file and "Get Info" CMD + i – is there a double extension such as .jsx.txt ?

     

     

    Again, try using the following online tool instead of Apple TextEdit (or download BBEdit or a different true plain text editor):

     

    https://www.editpad.org/

     

    https://texteditor.co/


    No, my preview wasn't code, I don't know why.
    But I went to one of the links you provided and used texteditor (see attached image). Went through the same process again, changed to .txt extension to .jsx and placed the files in the scripts folder. This time, the preview showed code on it. 
    However, after restarting Photoshop, the two files were still not showing in the File>Scripts menu. So, I used "browse" in the menu. When I got the folder, the files were there, but again greyed out (see image attached).
    Now I'm not sure what I am doing wrong or why it's not working.

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 3, 2024

     

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    Or am I mistaken and there is a way to do it?

    By @christophev30535320

     

    No, you are not mistaken. There is no way (yet) to open multiple files from Recents. And no, files do not open automatically.

     

    You can open multiples files when you select them in Adobe Bridge or Mac Finder. Most likely you can do it from Windows File Explorer, but I haven't tested.

     

    Jane

    Participating Frequently
    January 4, 2024

    Thank you!