Recent files and Quick selection

Report · Aug 28, 2017

Hello,

I used to work with Photoshop Elements 11 and have now installed Elements 15. I am not quite happy with this upgrade:

'Recent files' shows files NOT recently used and there is no updating.

In the Forum is a solution to be found for this problem ( deleting the file 'MachinePrefs'). But this is not perfect....

It seems to work, but there is some connection with 'Quick selection' !! Quick selection becomes VERY slowly.

Resetting Preferences (Edit-Preferences-General-resetting) helps only temporary: next day 'recent files' shows again the wrong files!

What to do??

Regards, Cees

Report · Aug 28, 2017

There should be no effect on the quick selection tool. Or do you mean something different e.g. selecting batches of images in Organizer?

Report · Aug 28, 2017

Hi, I agree there should be no effect, BUT THERE IS. I can not explain.

Immediately after I deleted MachinePrefs-file, I opened another photo in Editor and tried the Quick Select-tool. This tool dragged over the screen, very slow.

After resetting Preferences (Edit-Preferences-General-resetting), I did a restart and everything was (yesterday) fine. This morning I opened Photoshop Elements again and it proved that de 'recent files' were NOT recent.

It is annoying. Any suggestions??

September 1st.:

The problem (quick selection AND recent files ) is still present.

I have each day to delete machineprefs and to reset the preferences!! Pretty annoying!!

Anyone with a suggestion? Perhaps someone of the development team of Photoshop Elements? I would appreciate it very much if there is some interest from Adobe

September 2nd:

'Recent files' stops after 40 files! After editing the 40 photo's, 'recent files' stops updating. ........?? Any clue??