Photoshop Elements Organizer crashes on importing

Report · Aug 18, 2024

This is the first time I am trying to use Photoshop Elements. I am trying to import a folder with pictures on my Windows PC. This is the crash report:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE AdobeCrashReport SYSTEM "AdobeCrashReporter.dtd">
<crashreport serviceVersion="14.0.0.202310260823_2e78abe" clientVersion="14.0.0.202310260823_2e78abe" applicationName="Adobe Elements Organizer" applicationVersion="24.0.0.0" build="24.0 (20240531.Git.master.e2ec2d0)" source="Windows-Client" crashType="n/a">
<time year="2024" month="8" day="18" hour="15" minute="44" second="2" timeoffset="60" timezone="W. Europe Summer Time"/>
<user guid="a717ee35-a54e-4750-a37d-fb9082c8b492"/>
<system platform="Windows 11 Pro" osversion="11.0" osbuild="22631" applicationlanguage="en-us" userlanguage="en-GB" oslanguage="de-CH" ram="65254" machine="Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700F" model="Intel64 Family 6 Model 183 Stepping 1" cpuCount="28" cpuType="8664" cpuFreq="2112 MHz" processorArchitecture="9"/>
<gpu>
<gpuinfo availability="Running/Full Power" adapterCompatibility="NVIDIA" adapterRAM="4095 MB" caption="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM" description="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM" driverDate="20240601000000.000000-000" driverVersion="32.0.15.5599" videoModeDescription="3840 x 2160 x 4294967296 colors" pnpDeviceID="PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_2508&SUBSYS_C97C1028&REV_A1\4&105DFA6F&0&0008" installedDisplayDrivers="nvldumdx.dll"/>
</gpu>
<crash exception="EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" exceptionCode="0xc0000005" instruction="0x0000000140EAF6A3">
<backtrace crashedThread="0">
<thread index="0">
<stackStatement index="0" address="0x0000000140EAF6A3" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="1" address="0x0000000140EAEB5D" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="2" address="0x0000000140EA861A" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="3" address="0x0000000140F19BFE" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="4" address="0x0000000140E73460" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="5" address="0x0000000140E736CE" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="6" address="0x0000000140E73A89" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="7" address="0x0000000140F1E7E5" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="8" address="0x0000000141355FC3" symbolname="getRIM2"/>
<stackStatement index="9" address="0x0000000140FAA9DC" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="10" address="0x0000000140FA9BA4" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="11" address="0x0000000140FA9785" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="12" address="0x0000000140FA9EBD" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="13" address="0x0000000140F14847" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="14" address="0x0000000140D80204" symbolname="terminateICI"/>
<stackStatement index="15" address="0x0000000140DD6540" symbolname="RevelCatalogInfo::operator="/>
<stackStatement index="16" address="0x00007FFE6AE12CA7" symbolname="QObject::qt_static_metacall"/>
<stackStatement index="17" address="0x00007FFE6A095DDF" symbolname="QAction::activate"/>
<stackStatement index="18" address="0x00007FFE6A1EBFE8" symbolname="QMenu::actionGeometry"/>
<stackStatement index="19" address="0x00007FFE6A1EBDC3" symbolname="QMenu::actionGeometry"/>
<stackStatement index="20" address="0x00007FFE6A1F15A1" symbolname="QMenu::mouseReleaseEvent"/>
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</thread>
</backtrace>
<registerSet>
<register name="RAX" value="0x0000000000000001"/>
<register name="RBX" value="0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"/>
<register name="RCX" value="0x0000000000880000"/>
<register name="RDX" value="0x0000001E1B3ACC90"/>
<register name="RSI" value="0x0000000000000001"/>
<register name="RDI" value="0x00000000007F28B0"/>
<register name="RSP" value="0x00000000007F2250"/>
<register name="RBP" value="0x0000000000000000"/>
<register name="RIP" value="0x0000000140EAF6A3"/>
<register name="EFL" value="0x0000000000010212"/>
<register name="LastExceptionToRip" value="0x0000000000000000"/>
<register name="LastExceptionFromRip" value="0x0000000000000000"/>
</registerSet>

</hbLogSessionDllStatus>
</crash>

Report · Aug 18, 2024

I have disabled GPU acceleration but it still crashed

Report · Aug 18, 2024

In the past, users have reported crashes, and sometimes the cause has been a file with an odd name- often containing special characters that are sometimes rerved for the operating system (#%>!-- things like that).

Report · Aug 18, 2024

Thanks for trying to help!

The last file I see on the screen when it crashed this time is 417740F1-4F6D-43DC-BF1F-0494A0FC1D7C.heic

The file names are generated by Google because these files have been downloaded using Google Takeout. Almost all of them have this file name format.

Report · Aug 18, 2024

Without being an expert I attached WinDbg to the Organizer and this is what happend when crashing

.../...

<12436> <HEVC> <5> CreateSourceReader 0
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3138): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3138): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
<12436> <HEVC> <5> CreateSourceReader 0
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): C++ EH exception - code e06d7363 (first chance)
(2fb4.3094): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
PhotoshopElementsOrganizer!RevelCatalogInfo::operator=+0xf2ce3:
00000001`40eaf6a3 42803c0200 cmp byte ptr [rdx+r8],0 ds:0000001e`5e3c4000=??

Report · Aug 18, 2024

I was able to load the photos in smaller batches. This looks like an instability issue when running long imports and it crashes in PhotoshopElementsOrganizer!RevelCatalogInfo

Report · Aug 18, 2024

I must mention that on my PC I am running other long running processes regularly and Adobe Organizer is the only one which ever crashed in months.

Report · Aug 19, 2024

I uninstalled this crap and I'm looking for alternatives.

Report · Sep 04, 2024

Buh bye.

Report · Sep 04, 2024

Very useful answer, Adobe fanboy.

Report · Sep 03, 2024

Two weeks later the application received an update. Unfortunately it still crashes. I have noticed that it crashes when importing heic files only on Windows. So I might try to convert them before import using something like iMazing converter.

Report · Sep 04, 2024

Converting mov and heic file with iMazing (free utility) before import resolved the "0xc0000005" crash.

Report · Jan 26, 2025

I also found another workaround. It seems The import is crashing because of a memory leak. I have 128 GB of RAM and it still crashes. I have found that it is better to separate the files you want to import in small batches.
I used the following script to split everything under E:\Takeout_old (including subdirectories) in small subdirectories with maximum 1000 files each

E:\Takeout_new_organized\Folder1

E:\Takeout_new_organized\Folder2
etc

$source = "E:\Takeout_old"  # Source directory
$dest = "E:\Takeout_new_organized"  # Destination directory

# Create the destination directory if it doesn't exist
if (!(Test-Path -Path $dest)) {
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $dest
}

$i = 0; $j = 1
Get-ChildItem -Path $source\* -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
    $newDir = Join-Path $dest ("Folder" + $j)
    if (!(Test-Path -Path $newDir)) {
        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newDir
    }
    $newFileName = $_.BaseName + "_" + $i + $_.Extension 
    Copy-Item $_.FullName -Destination (Join-Path $newDir $newFileName) # Changed to Copy-Item
    $i++
    if ($i -eq 1000) {
        $i = 0; $j++
    }
}

You might customize the script as you need.

Please note that I am user just like you, I offer no warranty, please test before.

Photoshop Elements Organizer crashes on importing

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