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Where are my Photoshop 2023 Action Files?

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I recently got a new Windows 11 computer and installed photoshop from scratch. Unfortunately I didn't export my actions and now I am trying to find them. I have the old "C" drive but when I go to Users\MYUSER\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Presets\Actions it is empty. Same for folder for Photoshop 2022 and Photoshop 2021 that were on that drive. I saw another post that mentioned the Actions Palette.psp file in Adobe Photoshop 2023 Settings but copying and pasting that to the new C drive in the same folder did nothing. Any ideas?

    Correct answer Stephen Marsh

    One should manually save out each action set "folder" individually to a .atn file using the menu on the upper right of the action panel window. 

     

    Loaded .atn files or newly created and unsaved action sets are temporarily stored in the Actions Palette presets file (Actions Palette.psp). This file should be considered temporary and may be subject to corruption or loss, which is why making an explicit save to .atn file for each individual action set is strongly advised.

     

    The Actions Palette.psp file can often be used to migrate the entire panel/palette or to possibly retrieve unsaved actions. The location of the Actions Palette.psp file can be found in locations similar to:

    Mac:

    • /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 Settings⁩/Actions Palette.psp
     
    Win:
    • C:\Users\username\appData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Adobe Photoshop 2022 Settings\Actions Palette.psp 
     
    (Replace “username” with your user account name and also replace 2022 with your version name/number. The Windows appData or Mac Library directory may be hidden. You can search the web for how to make hidden folders visible for your OS if this is the case).

     

    https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/01/photoshop-custom-action-file-backup.html

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    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 3, 2023

    One should manually save out each action set "folder" individually to a .atn file using the menu on the upper right of the action panel window. 

     

    Loaded .atn files or newly created and unsaved action sets are temporarily stored in the Actions Palette presets file (Actions Palette.psp). This file should be considered temporary and may be subject to corruption or loss, which is why making an explicit save to .atn file for each individual action set is strongly advised.

     

    The Actions Palette.psp file can often be used to migrate the entire panel/palette or to possibly retrieve unsaved actions. The location of the Actions Palette.psp file can be found in locations similar to:

    Mac:

    • /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 Settings⁩/Actions Palette.psp
     
    Win:
    • C:\Users\username\appData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Adobe Photoshop 2022 Settings\Actions Palette.psp 
     
    (Replace “username” with your user account name and also replace 2022 with your version name/number. The Windows appData or Mac Library directory may be hidden. You can search the web for how to make hidden folders visible for your OS if this is the case).

     

    https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/01/photoshop-custom-action-file-backup.html

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      February 3, 2023

      Yes, as I said, I tried to copy the Actions Palette.psp file into the current C drive on the new computer but it didn't bring back my actions. Any other tips?

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      February 3, 2023

      Nevermind, I found that the .psp file in the Photoshop 2022 (not 2023) folder was larger so I copied that over and it worked! Thank you!

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