Can't PS 2017 load in the background?

[Alperian]

Start in background

I love PS cc2017 on Windows 10. BUT! This works me up. I often start the program when I am doing other things so it will be ready when I need it. Unfortunately, it keeps grabbing focus over and over before it is ever fully loaded. This means I am being repeatedly interrupted unnecessarily. Can't PS load in the background until it is ready? I have an ssd and all the quad core i7 that should be needed to have a wonderful workflow. Please can you look at this for the next release?

I apologise to the poor people on this forum who have real problems like starting and installing the program.

[D Fosse]

Startup times have increased quite a bit in later versions. On my i7-3820, it's now up and running in 20 seconds cold / 10 seconds warm.

My earliest installed version is CC2014, which starts up much faster - 7 seconds and 3 seconds respectively.

If you have significantly longer launch times than around 20/10, some subroutine is probably stalling the process. Look at the splash screen, which lists sub-modules as they load, and see if something uses a lot of time.

[JJMack · Accepted solution]

I tried setting my Windows Photoshop startup shortcut to start minimized however  Photoshop did not start that way.  And the more add-ons and pattern you have added to Photoshop the longer it take for Photoshop the fully initializes. There also seems to be a windows focus battle raging when Photoshop initializes on windows.

[Punzai]

I have the same issue. You essentially have to watch Photoshop load. Slowly, even on an SSD.