Alina

Thank you for answering! I have about a month without any sessions, then will start my season with almost daily sessions. So I thought I'd use the quiet time to prep for the busy time. I have my old Mark II and a few other lenses (135L and 24-70L) but I don't use them any more because I do not like them :). My old gear is fine but I wouldn't want to use it for client sessions on a regular basis, only in an emergency. I guess I can wait till I have a problem to send anything in (hopefully will never happen until I'm ready to upgrade).

I have had my 5D Mark IV, 50mm/f1.2L and 35mm/f1.4L for about 2 years. I photograph almost daily and put a lot of wear&tear on them. I also often photograph on the beach. All my gear is functioning fine, but I am wondering if I should send them off for general (preventative) maintenance? Is there merit to that, or should I "not fix what ain't broken"?

Damien, thank you for taking the time to help troubleshoot. I accidentally stumbled on the solution. If you go to Window -> Workspace and change Essentials (Default) to Photography, your photos open at normal percentage to fit your screen.

I've also reset workspace and restarted Photoshop. Still opens at 1%!

THANK YOU so much for helping out! Here's what I have:

I have a PC laptop running Windows 10 and Photoshop CC 2018. It is under 2 years old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 7GB free out of 16GB. The last time I shut down was earlier today. I have never run a cleanup program.

This is what it used to open like, and I want it back!

I don't know if it's clear - the image opens at 1% size as default, very small. I then have to either hit Ctrl + multiple times or go to the bottom left corner and change the 1% value to 20%. It used to open at 16% by default.

My images used to open automatically at 16% size in Photoshop. After an update, when I open a photo, it is shown at 1%, tiny. Which adds an extra step for me to make it larger. For the life of me, I cannot find where to set the default size at opening at 16 or 20%! Please help.