I don't know what's causing it. I updated PS today to the latest version, but I couldn't tell you if PS was freezing before I updated it because my memory is awful.
It freezes if I have a file open, even new files. It happens after an undetermined period of time, and usually after I do *something.* However, that something could be anything like clicking on a UI element, trying to use a tool, undoing, using the crop tool, selecting something using the marquee selection tool, using alt+click with the clone stamp tool, changing layer visibility, opening the file menu, etc. None of these things GUARANTEE a freeze, though. It's just that if I create a new file in Photoshop and do things, within anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes PS will completely lock up. The only way I can get it to respond is to kill it with task manager and re-open PS.
After PS freezes and I kill the process, when I re-open PS, any user settings changes or window/panel layout changes I've made are gone.
I've tried: Changing Windows 10 scaling (i.e. 125% window scaling to 100%). Uninstalling and re-installing Photoshop. Removing third-party extensions. Repairing the Creative Cloud Desktop application. Restarting my computer. Checking for PS updates. Installing Windows 10 1903 and updating Windows. Disabling GPU hardware acceleration. Changing cache sizes. Closing Chrome. Disabling FontBase. Among other things.
I'm running this on Windows 10. PS Ver.
20.0.7
Photoshop > Help > System Info: https://pastebin.com/raw/yBh2jbJq
I started having this problem today, but I also don't remember the last time I opened Photoshop, which may have been about a week ago. Today, prior to the issue, I installed new monitors and used Windows Update to install the relevant color profiles, and I removed the (broken) old .icm profiles.
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