I can't see anything out of the ordinary in the Task Manager screenshot. This is how it should look.   The system info also looks fine - except you are really low on disk space. 85 GB isn't much. I'm unsure whether this could be your problem - for Photoshop it would be if you have a lot of big files open, and a high number of history states. Reducing history states to 5-10 will dramatically shrink the scratch disk requirement.   However, ACR runs outside Photoshop's address space. It will normally not use the scratch disk, nor will it use memory from Photoshop's allocation, it needs its own. It all runs independently from Photoshop, and if RAM or VRAM runs out, it will go to the system pagefile. If that disk space is already taken by the scratch disk, it could slow things down.   All of which boils down to making sure there is enough disk space. When it runs low, it affects different processes at the same time, possibly competing for the space left. I'd say number one priority is to clean out your system drive. ... View more

@adventurous_hearted3669  Crashing is almost always a GPU problem (old/underpowered/misconfigured).   If you post the full Help > System Info we can say more about that.   If a PSD doesn't open by double-clicking, your file associations are broken. You fix this in Windows settings. Worst case, reinstalling Photoshop should reinstate the proper file associations. ... View more

Please post the full Help > System Info, and also a screenshot of the Windows Task Manager, set to the GPU tab.   It's normal that the GPU uses available VRAM up to around 85-90% (memory is there to be used, after all) - but it should then level out. That in itself shouldn't bog down the system and it doesn't here.   We have seen a few cases of excessive GPU memory usage, to the point of crashing the system - but that happens on systems with an integrated GPU that accesses shared system memory. If that goes unchecked, it will start eating up the system pagefile, bringing down the whole system.    All that said, there may be a bug somewhere. There seems to be an intermittent problem with capping GPU memory usage in some situations, and it may probably take several forms. ... View more

Run the CC cleaner again. IIRC it can be set to different levels of cleaning. Crank it up.   If you haven't used the CC desktop app to uninstall previously, that might be the root of the problem. ... View more

I just installed 26.11, and "reading brushes" flashes past in 1/4 second. Everything OK.   Not helping, I know...   You're sure you don't have any non-default brushes left behind in a folder somewhere, that wasn't removed in the reset? ... View more

Hold Control as you click Edit > Preferences > Camera Raw.  ... View more

You have dual graphics, a known potential conflict. There is no way for Photoshop/ACR to control which GPU is called, that's determined by the laptop configuration.   Try to disable the Intel UHD as per section 6 & 7 here: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html  ... View more

To me it doesn't look like snapping as such - just that you are changing which axis to skew, vertical vs. horizontal. Remember, skew can only work in one direction at a time, it's not a free transform. In short, this looks like correct behavior to me. ... View more

The single most important thing is to have enough scratch disk space - and not too many history states, which eats up disk space really fast. How much do you have, and how many history states? ... View more

Is there any particular problem you expect a new version to solve?  ... View more

It's probably 16 bits/channel, which is not supported in the jpeg specification.   Raw files now open in 16 bit depth by default. You can change it in Camera Raw preferences. ... View more

Just keep in mind that any upsampling, by whatever method, needs to invent pixels out of thin air. It's not like pulling out some "hidden" information - that information is simply not there.   Say you're upsampling from 800 x 1000 pixels to 3200 x 4000 pixels. That means a 16 times area increase. In other words, for every original pixel, 16 new ones have to be invented. That's a tall order by any standard.   In most practical scenarios, you can get away with a 2x linear upscale (that's 4x area). What AI brings to the table is that it can mimic existing images the algorithm has been trained on before. It can make an upsampled feather look like a full-size feather, because it has seen feathers before and can simulate the texture based on the original image. So that can improve the result - but don't stretch it too far. It will inevitably introduce new data that weren't there in the original, and at some point it becomes an entirely new image that just resembles the original. ... View more

That usually means the file is corrupt - and the most common cause is saving directly to external or network storage, as Kevin suggests. ... View more

You need to be realistic. You can't upsample "very low resolution" to a gigantic 12000 x 9000 pixels. You might find an AI algorithm that will do it - but don't expect it to be the same image! It will effectively be an entirely new AI generated image more or less loosely based on your original.   ... View more

That sounds like the instructions for a newer Creative Cloud version. You don't have that; you have an old Creative Suite version, which is long out of support. That's why it's not listed where you're looking. Creative Cloud apps can be remotely deactivated. Creative Suite apps could not - you had to deactivate from within the application (Help > Deactivate).   As long as it's registered your CS6 should be listed somewhere else, but I don't think you can see the number of used activations.   If you still have a vacant activation slot, you don't need to do anything. Just install and it will activate silently in the background. If your two allowed activations are used - e.g. if you reinstalled without deactivating first - then it cannot be activated again. ... View more

Not at my computer, but that sounds like what it's supposed to do. A floating layer (Layer 0) is not the same as a Background layer.   Try Layer > New Layer. ... View more

First set image size, then canvas size.   Watch the ppi setting to make sure you have enough pixels. ... View more

I'd be happy to say goodbye to Save For Web - if they would only finish Export and fix the ancient bugs and shortcomings. But Export seems to have been put on ice indefinitely. Nothing has been done for years. So I still use Save For Web. ... View more

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/apps/download-install-apps/creative-cloud-apps/download-creative-cloud-desktop-app-from-web.html    Normally the CC desktop app will only support installing the latest + one previous version. In addition, version 22 is still available because it was the last version with functional 3D.   Maybe, just maybe, launching the 2017 installer exe will launch the CC app and allow it to go through. If not, install version 22 (2021) which will probably work on an older system. I assume that's what you have since you're still on the 2017 version. ... View more

I just clicked on PS installer. By @luca_sunblack   It won't work that way. The CC desktop app is the installer. Best case, clicking the .exe will try to open the CC app, but if that's not functional it will just stop.   You can't use Photoshop without the CC app. ... View more

Ah, so it's not just me. Been wondering why upvoting doesn't work half the time.   EDIT worked this time 🙂 ... View more

This is currently a basic limitation in the way smart objects work. Pixels cannot be altered directly. Think of a smart object as a mirror image, or an image of an image.   That said, you can transform smart objects, so in principle it should be fully possible, and I agree it would be highly useful.   So the point is, it's a good feature request and I voted for it - but it may not be as simple and straightforward as it seems.  ... View more

It's all about pixels. Canvas Size expands/contracts the area of the pixel grid (the size of the full pixel array). Image Size increases/decreases the pixel density (the size of each individual pixel).   Basically, it reflects the two distinct meanings of the term "resolution". It can either mean total number of pixels regardless of area, or it can mean number of pixels within a given area. ... View more

First of all, the folder AppData\Roaming\Adobe is not the installed program files. These are your preferences/settings/configuration, located in your user account. If these folders are deleted, which they can, the application is still installed, but it removes the settings and reverts the application to to clean factory state. The installed program files are not here, but in the main folder "Program Files".   Sign out of the CC desktop app and sign back in. This forces a rescan of all installed applications.   Then go here: ... View more

Just keep an eye on the pixel dimensions and don't downsample to less pixels. That's what determines how big it can be printed.   Any good quality file from a fairly recent system camera - say, 24 megapixels and up - will have sufficient resolution for large format printing. The bigger it is, the farther away it will be seen from, so there's normally no need for more pixels at large sizes.   ... View more

All the Unistall command seems to do is open Creative Cloud Desktop. By @CVHManchester   Yes, that's what it's supposed to do.   The CC desktop app is the application manager for all applications. It handles all installs, uninstalls and updates. Do not attempt to do any of those outside the CC app. ... View more

@Rubberlegs  You're mixing up resolution and file size. Those two are very different things.   The jpeg file format uses very aggressive data compression to reduce file size on disk. It normally shrinks a file down to 1-10 % of native uncompressed size. This has nothing to do with resolution. The size reduction depends on compression level, but notably it also depends on image content, by a factor of up to 10x or more.   The point is that jpeg file size says almost nothing about resolution.   This dramatic size reduction comes at a price. Jpeg compression is destructive, non-reversible and cumulative. A jpeg should be treated as one-off final delivery when bandwidth is a limitation (such as for web). ... View more

@Rubberlegs  You're mixing up resolution and file size. Those two are very different things.   The jpeg file format uses very aggressive data compression to reduce file size on disk. It normally shrinks a file down to 1-10 % of native uncompressed size. This has nothing to do with resolution. The size reduction depends on compression level, but notably it also depends on image content, by a factor of up to 10x or more.   The point is that jpeg file size says almost nothing about resolution.   This dramatic size reduction comes at a price. Jpeg compression is destructive, non-reversible and cumulative. A jpeg should be treated as one-off final delivery when bandwidth is a limitation (such as for web). ... View more

Roger on the storage warning   By @Mike26815210hnb7   I'm not primarily talking about storage. I'm talking about temporary working data, deposited on disk by the operating system and all your applications to keep the system operational and running. Most of this is removed when the system shuts down, but not all. The user account tends to grow and fill up over time, unless you clean it out.    Generally, you should never allow a system drive to fill up beyond 60 or 70 %.  ... View more