Photoshop very slow to close files
Photoshop has decided it wants to be different. Instead of being slow to open files like any normal program, it's decided to be slow to close them. Not even while saving. It takes about 5 seconds to close any changed or unchanged file, regardless of whether it's on the fileserver or on my local HDD, during which time Photoshop is completely locked up. Already-saved files should close instantly, unsaved files should take only as long as it takes to save the file to close.
I'm using Photoshop CC 2015 on Windows 10 Creator's. I'm running on an older laptop but I see no increased resource usage in task manager while waiting for the file to close.
I have tried (in vain):
- Holding Ctrl+Shift+Alt on startup of PS to remove settings
- Setting my virtual memory in Windows to 16gb
- Setting PS's memory usage slider at many different positions
- Clearing the recent file list
What could be causing this?
windows-10 adobe-photoshop
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
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Photoshop has decided it wants to be different. Instead of being slow to open files like any normal program, it's decided to be slow to close them. Not even while saving. It takes about 5 seconds to close any changed or unchanged file, regardless of whether it's on the fileserver or on my local HDD, during which time Photoshop is completely locked up. Already-saved files should close instantly, unsaved files should take only as long as it takes to save the file to close.
I'm using Photoshop CC 2015 on Windows 10 Creator's. I'm running on an older laptop but I see no increased resource usage in task manager while waiting for the file to close.
I have tried (in vain):
- Holding Ctrl+Shift+Alt on startup of PS to remove settings
- Setting my virtual memory in Windows to 16gb
- Setting PS's memory usage slider at many different positions
- Clearing the recent file list
What could be causing this?
windows-10 adobe-photoshop
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
Sounds like a problem with the virtual memory. You may want to consider increasing its value. If its set to auto manage, look at the maximum usage and set that as a minimum, just as test case.
– LPChip
Jul 27 '17 at 7:04
@LPChip What makes you think that? Oh wait, that does make sense. You're thinking Photoshop is allocating memory and Windows is giving it virtual memory, and then it's having to deallocate large chunks off the HDD? I will investigate that theory tomorrow. Thanks :)
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 11:48
@LPChip I manually increased my virtual memory to 16gb (which is huge) and restarted and I still see the issue. It's driving me nuts. It only started a 2-3 months ago as well; it hasn't always done it. Unfortunately I have 0 idea if I changed anything around that time :/
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 23:05
Indeed. Too bad it didn't work. You could consider reinstalling photoshop, starting photoshop as administrator, then closing it (in case it somehow can't write settings and therefor does something else to cope with it, change the location of the scratch disk to a different drive, make sure you have enough disk space on the scratch disk and the primary disk.
– LPChip
Jul 28 '17 at 7:38
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Photoshop has decided it wants to be different. Instead of being slow to open files like any normal program, it's decided to be slow to close them. Not even while saving. It takes about 5 seconds to close any changed or unchanged file, regardless of whether it's on the fileserver or on my local HDD, during which time Photoshop is completely locked up. Already-saved files should close instantly, unsaved files should take only as long as it takes to save the file to close.
I'm using Photoshop CC 2015 on Windows 10 Creator's. I'm running on an older laptop but I see no increased resource usage in task manager while waiting for the file to close.
I have tried (in vain):
- Holding Ctrl+Shift+Alt on startup of PS to remove settings
- Setting my virtual memory in Windows to 16gb
- Setting PS's memory usage slider at many different positions
- Clearing the recent file list
What could be causing this?
windows-10 adobe-photoshop
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
Photoshop has decided it wants to be different. Instead of being slow to open files like any normal program, it's decided to be slow to close them. Not even while saving. It takes about 5 seconds to close any changed or unchanged file, regardless of whether it's on the fileserver or on my local HDD, during which time Photoshop is completely locked up. Already-saved files should close instantly, unsaved files should take only as long as it takes to save the file to close.
I'm using Photoshop CC 2015 on Windows 10 Creator's. I'm running on an older laptop but I see no increased resource usage in task manager while waiting for the file to close.
I have tried (in vain):
- Holding Ctrl+Shift+Alt on startup of PS to remove settings
- Setting my virtual memory in Windows to 16gb
- Setting PS's memory usage slider at many different positions
- Clearing the recent file list
What could be causing this?
windows-10 adobe-photoshop
windows-10 adobe-photoshop
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
edited Jul 27 '17 at 23:07
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
asked Jul 27 '17 at 6:48
Clonkex
4331417
4331417
Sounds like a problem with the virtual memory. You may want to consider increasing its value. If its set to auto manage, look at the maximum usage and set that as a minimum, just as test case.
– LPChip
Jul 27 '17 at 7:04
@LPChip What makes you think that? Oh wait, that does make sense. You're thinking Photoshop is allocating memory and Windows is giving it virtual memory, and then it's having to deallocate large chunks off the HDD? I will investigate that theory tomorrow. Thanks :)
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 11:48
@LPChip I manually increased my virtual memory to 16gb (which is huge) and restarted and I still see the issue. It's driving me nuts. It only started a 2-3 months ago as well; it hasn't always done it. Unfortunately I have 0 idea if I changed anything around that time :/
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 23:05
Indeed. Too bad it didn't work. You could consider reinstalling photoshop, starting photoshop as administrator, then closing it (in case it somehow can't write settings and therefor does something else to cope with it, change the location of the scratch disk to a different drive, make sure you have enough disk space on the scratch disk and the primary disk.
– LPChip
Jul 28 '17 at 7:38
add a comment |
Sounds like a problem with the virtual memory. You may want to consider increasing its value. If its set to auto manage, look at the maximum usage and set that as a minimum, just as test case.
– LPChip
Jul 27 '17 at 7:04
@LPChip What makes you think that? Oh wait, that does make sense. You're thinking Photoshop is allocating memory and Windows is giving it virtual memory, and then it's having to deallocate large chunks off the HDD? I will investigate that theory tomorrow. Thanks :)
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 11:48
@LPChip I manually increased my virtual memory to 16gb (which is huge) and restarted and I still see the issue. It's driving me nuts. It only started a 2-3 months ago as well; it hasn't always done it. Unfortunately I have 0 idea if I changed anything around that time :/
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 23:05
Indeed. Too bad it didn't work. You could consider reinstalling photoshop, starting photoshop as administrator, then closing it (in case it somehow can't write settings and therefor does something else to cope with it, change the location of the scratch disk to a different drive, make sure you have enough disk space on the scratch disk and the primary disk.
– LPChip
Jul 28 '17 at 7:38
Sounds like a problem with the virtual memory. You may want to consider increasing its value. If its set to auto manage, look at the maximum usage and set that as a minimum, just as test case.
– LPChip
Jul 27 '17 at 7:04
Sounds like a problem with the virtual memory. You may want to consider increasing its value. If its set to auto manage, look at the maximum usage and set that as a minimum, just as test case.
– LPChip
Jul 27 '17 at 7:04
@LPChip What makes you think that? Oh wait, that does make sense. You're thinking Photoshop is allocating memory and Windows is giving it virtual memory, and then it's having to deallocate large chunks off the HDD? I will investigate that theory tomorrow. Thanks :)
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 11:48
@LPChip What makes you think that? Oh wait, that does make sense. You're thinking Photoshop is allocating memory and Windows is giving it virtual memory, and then it's having to deallocate large chunks off the HDD? I will investigate that theory tomorrow. Thanks :)
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 11:48
@LPChip I manually increased my virtual memory to 16gb (which is huge) and restarted and I still see the issue. It's driving me nuts. It only started a 2-3 months ago as well; it hasn't always done it. Unfortunately I have 0 idea if I changed anything around that time :/
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 23:05
@LPChip I manually increased my virtual memory to 16gb (which is huge) and restarted and I still see the issue. It's driving me nuts. It only started a 2-3 months ago as well; it hasn't always done it. Unfortunately I have 0 idea if I changed anything around that time :/
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 23:05
Indeed. Too bad it didn't work. You could consider reinstalling photoshop, starting photoshop as administrator, then closing it (in case it somehow can't write settings and therefor does something else to cope with it, change the location of the scratch disk to a different drive, make sure you have enough disk space on the scratch disk and the primary disk.
– LPChip
Jul 28 '17 at 7:38
Indeed. Too bad it didn't work. You could consider reinstalling photoshop, starting photoshop as administrator, then closing it (in case it somehow can't write settings and therefor does something else to cope with it, change the location of the scratch disk to a different drive, make sure you have enough disk space on the scratch disk and the primary disk.
– LPChip
Jul 28 '17 at 7:38
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I had the same problem after updating my nVidia graphics driver. In the nVidia settings panel I changed the 3D settings for Photoshop.exe to "Powerful nVidia Processor" instead of the "normal" setting. The problem was solved after that.
edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
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answered Feb 2 '18 at 9:19
Rob
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Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
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I experienced this same issue in Photoshop CC 2018, Windows 10 Pro on a PC with integrated graphics (Intel Core i7 3770 - Intel HD Graphics 4000).
I found that if I unchecked the 'Use Graphics Processor' option in Preferences/Performance the issue stopped.
answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
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I wish I still had the old laptop so I could test that. Thanks for posting!
– Clonkex
Dec 12 '18 at 2:57
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I had the same problem after updating my nVidia graphics driver. In the nVidia settings panel I changed the 3D settings for Photoshop.exe to "Powerful nVidia Processor" instead of the "normal" setting. The problem was solved after that.
edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
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answered Feb 2 '18 at 9:19
Rob
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Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
add a comment |
I had the same problem after updating my nVidia graphics driver. In the nVidia settings panel I changed the 3D settings for Photoshop.exe to "Powerful nVidia Processor" instead of the "normal" setting. The problem was solved after that.
edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
494414
answered Feb 2 '18 at 9:19
Rob
111
Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
add a comment |
I had the same problem after updating my nVidia graphics driver. In the nVidia settings panel I changed the 3D settings for Photoshop.exe to "Powerful nVidia Processor" instead of the "normal" setting. The problem was solved after that.
edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
494414
answered Feb 2 '18 at 9:19
Rob
111
I had the same problem after updating my nVidia graphics driver. In the nVidia settings panel I changed the 3D settings for Photoshop.exe to "Powerful nVidia Processor" instead of the "normal" setting. The problem was solved after that.
edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
494414
answered Feb 2 '18 at 9:19
Rob
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edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
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edited May 4 '18 at 19:31
isherwood
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answered Feb 2 '18 at 9:19
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Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
add a comment |
Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
Interesting. Unfortunately I got a new work PC and the problem no longer happens. Also, the laptop I had only had Intel graphics, no Nvidia. Could still have been related though.
– Clonkex
Feb 2 '18 at 13:33
add a comment |
I experienced this same issue in Photoshop CC 2018, Windows 10 Pro on a PC with integrated graphics (Intel Core i7 3770 - Intel HD Graphics 4000).
I found that if I unchecked the 'Use Graphics Processor' option in Preferences/Performance the issue stopped.
answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
111
I wish I still had the old laptop so I could test that. Thanks for posting!
– Clonkex
Dec 12 '18 at 2:57
add a comment |
I experienced this same issue in Photoshop CC 2018, Windows 10 Pro on a PC with integrated graphics (Intel Core i7 3770 - Intel HD Graphics 4000).
I found that if I unchecked the 'Use Graphics Processor' option in Preferences/Performance the issue stopped.
answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
111
I wish I still had the old laptop so I could test that. Thanks for posting!
– Clonkex
Dec 12 '18 at 2:57
add a comment |
I experienced this same issue in Photoshop CC 2018, Windows 10 Pro on a PC with integrated graphics (Intel Core i7 3770 - Intel HD Graphics 4000).
I found that if I unchecked the 'Use Graphics Processor' option in Preferences/Performance the issue stopped.
answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
111
I experienced this same issue in Photoshop CC 2018, Windows 10 Pro on a PC with integrated graphics (Intel Core i7 3770 - Intel HD Graphics 4000).
I found that if I unchecked the 'Use Graphics Processor' option in Preferences/Performance the issue stopped.
answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
111
answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
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answered Dec 11 '18 at 15:42
Scott
111
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I wish I still had the old laptop so I could test that. Thanks for posting!
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Dec 12 '18 at 2:57
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I wish I still had the old laptop so I could test that. Thanks for posting!
– Clonkex
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I wish I still had the old laptop so I could test that. Thanks for posting!
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Sounds like a problem with the virtual memory. You may want to consider increasing its value. If its set to auto manage, look at the maximum usage and set that as a minimum, just as test case.
– LPChip
Jul 27 '17 at 7:04
@LPChip What makes you think that? Oh wait, that does make sense. You're thinking Photoshop is allocating memory and Windows is giving it virtual memory, and then it's having to deallocate large chunks off the HDD? I will investigate that theory tomorrow. Thanks :)
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 11:48
@LPChip I manually increased my virtual memory to 16gb (which is huge) and restarted and I still see the issue. It's driving me nuts. It only started a 2-3 months ago as well; it hasn't always done it. Unfortunately I have 0 idea if I changed anything around that time :/
– Clonkex
Jul 27 '17 at 23:05
Indeed. Too bad it didn't work. You could consider reinstalling photoshop, starting photoshop as administrator, then closing it (in case it somehow can't write settings and therefor does something else to cope with it, change the location of the scratch disk to a different drive, make sure you have enough disk space on the scratch disk and the primary disk.
– LPChip
Jul 28 '17 at 7:38