Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 PS ran an update today and I am having a terrible time moving around PS. I have to click on file at least 10 times to get it to open up the drop down menu to even open up a file. My crop tool keeps jumping around. When I go to free transform anything, it keeps flipping my image instead of letting me drag the corners in. These are just a few things I noticed within a few minutes of trying to edit after the update. I have restarted PS and my computer and I'm still having problems. Any suggestions? Is this a known problem with the latest update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 These aren't exactly the same, but can you try them? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/09/black-boxes-and-other-weird-behaviour.html Also, could you do this for us? https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 I followed the instructions in your first link and Its still acting the same way. I have a PC desktop running Windows 10 and Photoshop cc. It is over 2 years old, and has 8GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 1.06GB free out of 1.35TB. The last time I shut down was just before posting this thread. I have never run a cleanup program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Ashley said: Its hard drive has 1.06GB free out of 1.35TB. PLEASE tell me this is a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 It is not. I need a new computer, don't I. I don't know why its so full. I don't even store much on it. I keep most files on my externals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 @Brian, check this out!!!! A new record? Ashley, this is a DISASTER. It's incredible that your computer even turns on. You have to clear space off that hard drive. Begin with this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) lol. I guess I did have a typo in there. Sorry...but its still full. Edited March 15, 2017 by Ashley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said: Begin with this. What does this Steven Gould program do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Exactly what it says. It cleans up your computer. It's AMAZING. And it's rock-solid reliable. I've used it for years, on dozens and dozens of computers, and it's never messed anything up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Out of interest, after you run it, can you take a screenshot showing the results? I mean, how much space it clears? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just now, Damien Symonds said: Out of interest, after you run it, can you take a screenshot showing the results? I mean, how much space it clears? I sure will. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 The reason why it's so full: Windows 10. You see, Microsoft is going to stay at "Windows 10" for quite some time. There won't be a Windows 11 or 12. There is Windows 10 - Anniversary Edition, plus a few editions in between and the next one will be Windows 10 - Creators Edition, which will be released in a few weeks. Basically, without getting too geeky, these major updates re-install the whole friggin' Windows and put your old version in a Windows.old directory on the HD. Combine that with the other update patches and system recovery points, AND your Windows Swap File (pagefile.sys) and Adobe Scratch Disk and you can run out of room pretty quickly. Especially if you are the type to "next-next-next...ok.nextnextnext...ok...finish" when installing stuff. It's getting to the point where people either need to have 4TB C Drives or must learn to pay attention. The days of, "I don't know nothin' about computers" needs to come to an end. If you don't want to install any software, you can right-click on the C Drive and select "Properties." From there you should see a button called Disk Cleanup. Click it and choose all the check boxes and run it. Warning: this will delete the backup files for windows updates plus other things, so if you need to uninstall a Windows Update, you won't be able to. If you need to go back to your old version of Windows, you won't be able to. That said, you probably have no need to do this at this point so it really doesn't matter. I'm more concerned about that HD only having a 106GB left. That's not good. At all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 @Damien Symonds: My record: 8.95GB free out of 120GB on a Windows Server C Drive. When you scale things up, this one is pretty damn close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Thanks for the info @Brian I plan on updating to a new computer within a couple months. It's been on my to do list for way too long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 This has nothing to do with an update to a new computer, this is basic computer maintenance. It's like not changing your car's oil for 100,000 miles and blaming the engine for failing. This will happen on your new computer as well over time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 Any resources you can recommend for learning more on this? I don't want it to happen to my next computer. How do I know what's necessary as far as the updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 On 15/03/2017 at 0:05 PM, Damien Symonds said: Out of interest, after you run it, can you take a screenshot showing the results? I mean, how much space it clears? Well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 I'm going to finish editing this session and do it in the next few days. I wanted to back up some files and have this delivered just incase I ran into trouble and made things worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 No, that's STUPID. Do it RIGHT NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 3/19/2017 at 3:39 AM, Damien Symonds said: Well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 I now have 609GB out of 1.35TB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Awesome. I bet you'll notice it runs a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thank you for the link! Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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