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Subject: Icons not responding/ghosting

tuxedomask opened this issue on Aug 31, 2016 · 8 posts

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tuxedomask ( ) posted Wed, 31 August 2016 at 2:01 AM · edited Sat, 20 April 2024 at 11:15 AM

Recently while using photoshop my icons in the side tool bar (laso ,smudge etc) and the commands at the top of Photoshop(file ,edit,image etc) have stopped working .When i open an image and try to duplicate the image creating another layer nothing happens.It would normally duplicate that layer .Once i click the icon to carry out the command it leaves all my other icons useless .i can't even close Photoshop when I click on the X in the top right hand corner of the program..I have tried uninstalling Photoshop and reinstalling it and this did not work either.The only way I can close the program is through the task manager .I have 16GB of ram on my system so i feel it would not be a memory issue .Does anybody have any ideas as to what is going on with Photoshop?

CatherineTodd ( ) posted Wed, 31 August 2016 at 5:08 PM

Which version of PS are you using?

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein

tuxedomask ( ) posted Thu, 01 September 2016 at 12:55 AM

I'm using CS6.

Deenamic ( ) posted Thu, 01 September 2016 at 9:12 AM · edited Thu, 01 September 2016 at 9:22 AM

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tuxedomask, I've had that happen to me in Photoshop before, but usually when I close it and open it back up it starts back working again. Are you using a Mac or a PC, and are you using a Wacom tablet? Have you installed any Photoshop plugins lately? Plugins can make Photoshop go haywire. I had a plugin that would make Photoshop close every time I started it. I read something that said that maybe the mouse or any other input devices you're using in Photoshop could be causing Photoshop to do that and to try to move them to different USB ports and see if that corrects the problem. Maybe the links below will help you.

Resetting Photoshop Tools - http://digitalscrapperclasses.com/free-content/resetting-photoshop-tools-ps.html

Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet | Mac OS - https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-menus-turn-white-mac.html

Image adjustments is greyed out, can't adjust [Solved] - http://ccm.net/forum/affich-69162-image-adjustments-is-greyed-out-can-t-adjust

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tuxedomask ( ) posted Thu, 01 September 2016 at 1:06 PM

Deenamic, I'm using a PC and have no tablet connected to my PC.Haven't installed any Photoshop plugins.I will try the links you mentioned and see how that goes.Thanks for the info.