Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 Crashing on Startup

[Spacemarin37]

I've recently got a new laptop (Microsoft Surface Book 2, i7 8xxx series, nVidia GTX1060, 16GB RAM) and I've had no issues for the past few weeks with opening photoshop and using it. Just out of the blue, Photoshop just stopped working, what I mean, is that whenever I start the app and the splash screen appears, I can see it loading the app and then it arrives at the "reading preference" (something like that), where it freezes and then I get the prompt that the system has crashed and will close. I've went on google to search some solution, ending up with resetting the preferences with Ctrl+Alt+Shift and resetting it. I try starting Photoshop again but I end up with splash screen being stuck at the "initialising menu". I try to look for another solution to that, ending up with the suggestion that I turn a file in my system32 file called LavasoftTcpService64.dll to OldLavasoftTcpService64.dll but it doesn't exist in my system32. I've uninstalled Photoshop and restarted my computer and I have no idea whats going on. Soooo could somebody help?

Thanks!

Andre

[Guest]

Take a look at the Event Viewer, type eventvwr in the Windows search to open it

Check the application log and see it there's a reference to Photoshop. double click on the event and copy the info into this post

Another thing to check is that you have the latest version installed 19.01

You can also install a previous version of PS

How to Install Previous Versions of Creative Cloud Apps

Also take a look here

Use the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems

[Spacemarin37]

Hey ged2016,

Sorry for the late reply, here is the event log, the current version of photoshop is 19.01 and I've tried downgrading to 19.0 but theres no success, I'll update this post, once I've tried using the Cloud Cleaner Tool. Heres the event log btw.

Log Name:      Application

Source:        Application Error

Date:          01/12/2017 18:31:49

Event ID:      1000

Task Category: (100)

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      Andre-Laptop

Description:

Faulting application name: Photoshop.exe, version: 19.0.1.29687, time stamp: 0x59fc1d5f

Faulting module name: nvoglv64.DLL, version: 23.21.13.8831, time stamp: 0x5a0b442c

Exception code: 0xc0000409

Fault offset: 0x000000000104a6a9

Faulting process id: 0x11b8

Faulting application start time: 0x01d36a8f18d9d06e

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2018\Photoshop.exe

Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nvoglv64.DLL

Report Id: 409fa78c-dcdb-4ea1-9355-e06aa430ad62

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Application Error" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>100</Task>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-12-01T10:31:49.616276500Z" />

    <EventRecordID>1629</EventRecordID>

    <Channel>Application</Channel>

    <Computer>Andre-Laptop</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>Photoshop.exe</Data>

    <Data>19.0.1.29687</Data>

    <Data>59fc1d5f</Data>

    <Data>nvoglv64.DLL</Data>

    <Data>23.21.13.8831</Data>

    <Data>5a0b442c</Data>

    <Data>c0000409</Data>

    <Data>000000000104a6a9</Data>

    <Data>11b8</Data>

    <Data>01d36a8f18d9d06e</Data>

    <Data>C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2018\Photoshop.exe</Data>

    <Data>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nvoglv64.DLL</Data>

    <Data>409fa78c-dcdb-4ea1-9355-e06aa430ad62</Data>

    <Data>

    </Data>

    <Data>

    </Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

[Spacemarin37]

I've cleansed Adobe CC with the cleanup tool, there seems to be no indications of errors, but there wasn't an option either to clean up Photoshop, so I've cleansed the entire Adobe CC

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] ---------------------------------------------------------

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[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] Win OS Version: 6.2

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] Cleaner Tool version : 2.0.0.0

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] Cleanup source directory : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [AdobeProgramFiles] : C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [AdobeProgramFiles_x64] : C:\Program Files\Adobe

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [AdobeCommon] : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [AdobeCommon_x64] : C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [UserRoamingAppData] : C:\Users\andre\AppData\Roaming

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [UserLocalAppData] : C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [StartMenu] : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [System32Folder] : C:\WINDOWS\system32

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:04 2017] [SharedApplicationData] : C:\ProgramData

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:07 2017] Language selected: English

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:07 2017] Displaying the Adobe End User License Agreement

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[Mon Dec 04 10:09:07 2017] Please enter (y) for Yes or (n) for No. ... >>

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] Choose from one of the following options to clean up :

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 1.  All

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 2.  Adobe Flash Player 10.2

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 3.  Creative Cloud 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, Creative Cloud & CS6 Products

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 4.  Creative Cloud 2018, 2017, 2015 only

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 5.  Creative Cloud 2014 only

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 6.  Creative Cloud only

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 7.  CS6 only

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 8.  CS5-CS5.5-CS6

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 9.  CS5-CS5.5

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 10. CS3, CS4

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 11. Adobe Id credentials

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 12. Fix Host File

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] 13. Quit

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:13 2017] Choice 😆

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] User selected: Creative Cloud 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, Creative Cloud & CS6 Products

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] Executed the command : call copy /Y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\backup20171204T100929\pdb.db"

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] Executed the command : call copy /Y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\backup20171204T100929\Media_db.db"

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] Executed the command : call copy /Y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\hdpim.db" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\backup20171204T100929\hdpim.db"

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] Calling  removalofCS5CapsBackupEntries

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] Opened DB connection with path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:29 2017] Opened DB connection with path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] HD DLL Handle valid

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Got a valid HD Db session get func pointer

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Got a valid HD Db session

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] HD dll Handle is valid

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0CoreSync0

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0Camera Raw CC0

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0STI_Color_CommonSetRGB_HD0

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0Illustrator CC1

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0After Effects CC1

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0STI_Color_MotionPicture_HD0

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0Media Encoder CC1

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0Bridge CC1

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Following product added for HD cleanup: with procFamily0XD CC1

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] List of products installed on this machine

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Listing products for cleanup:

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 2. COSY  ('CoreSync (32 Bit)',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 3. ACR  ('Camera Raw CC (32 Bit)',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 4. CORG  ('STI_Color_CommonSetRGB_HD (32 Bit)',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 5. ILST  ('Illustrator CC',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 6. AEFT  ('After Effects CC',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 7. COMP  ('STI_Color_MotionPicture_HD (32 Bit)',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 8. AME  ('Media Encoder CC',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 9. KBRG  ('Bridge CC',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] 10. SPRK  ('XD CC',)

[Mon Dec 04 10:09:30 2017] Please enter the option number of the product you wish to remove; enter (q) to quit ... >>

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:56 2017] response 11

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:56 2017] Are you sure you want to clean all the listed products and associated files?

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:56 2017] Type (y) to confirm and remove or (n) to quit ... >>

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:59 2017] Please wait for Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to finish........

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:59 2017] User selected: 'Clean All'

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:59 2017] *-*-*-*-*-*-* Start removing product : ALL *-*-*-*-*-*-*

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:59 2017] Action : Deleting the C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\backup20171204T100929 folder as there is no product deleted.

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:59 2017] LOG FILE SAVED TO: C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool.log

[Mon Dec 04 10:10:59 2017] Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool completed successfully

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[KR Seals]

"Faulting module name: nvoglv64.DLL, version: 23.21.13.8831, time stamp: 0x5a0b442c"

Googling this error indicates that it is a video driver errror. Update the nvidia driver for your video card.

[Spacemarin37]

Hey KR Seals,

I've just been doing that, but there no luck, it still crashes at the initialising menu part of the splashs screen

[Guest]

You need to completely un-install the Nvidia driver and make sure that nvoglv64.DLL is removed from the system32 folder

Then install the latest driver from here

Download Drivers | NVIDIA

[Spacemarin37]

I had the nVidia driver uninstalled, but I couldnt remove nvoglv64.dll. However, I am able to get into photoshop though. Thanks for your help ged2016

[eddiec85945664]

My fix was

Sophos AV stopping it to run,

Hence on the Sophos Enterprise console under- Anti Virus & HIPS policy->On-access scan setting->windows exclusions->

excluded item:

the folder path and the file name.

also on the On demand scanning.

once apply the exclusion list on File name & folder seem working on the network PC

[danielbileu]

Hey. I was having the same problem. I've tried uninstalling and installing it back and didn't work. What worked for me was opening the cmd and typing "start Photoshop.exe"