After Windows 11 update, cannot login to Photoshop Elements 8

[lekkerder]

Windows 11 did an update overnight and now I can no longer login to Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.  Every time I try, it displays the message below (Error 400). 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Greg_S.]

This may be a temporary server issue.  But I am also seeing an Error 400 on several Adobe Help pages that are designed  to assist users with this issue.  I shall report these problems to Adobe.

[lekkerder · Accepted solution]

I hope it's due to a temporary server issue. If you find out this is the case and/or when it is fixed, please post again.

Thank you!

[Greg_S.]

I just tried launching Elements 6 and Elements 10 after this week's Win 11 update and was successful with both.  You may want to try launching the program in compatibility mode. 

• Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 8.0
• Right-click on the PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe file
• Select Properties from the context menu
• Click on the Compatibility tab
• Check the Run in Compatibility Mode box
• Select Windows 7 from the drop down menu.
• Click Apply and OK to close out the dialog

Let us know if you get a different result.

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

 Photoshop.com was  taken down years ago so there is no need to login.

Here's a copy of the Adobe KB on the subject:

[lekkerder · Accepted solution]

There was no "OK" option, but I clicked on "Edit" and it opened!

Is there a way to set the computer to always open photos (jpg's, etc.) with Photoshop Elements 8? It was possible when using Win 10 but since installing Win 11, I can't find that option anywhere. It wants to open photos in "Photos".

Thanks very much!

[Greg_S.]

@lekkerder said:  Is there a way to set the computer to always open photos (jpg's, etc.) with Photoshop Elements 8?

Go to Windows Settings>Apps>Default Apps> Choose defaults by file types: