Crash on opening / creating file in Photoshop v25.0.0.37

[levoy1]

This program has worked for me in the past.

But after updating to the latest version of Photoshop (v25.0.0.37) and using UAE again with different splash screens, after changing the splash screen, Photoshop crashes when opening a file.

When reverting back to the original, the crashes are gone.

Any solution?

[lesebio]

Hi.
Same for me on the new version of Photoshop I get crash too when changing splash screen.
Thanks for any help.

[Jadquir]

Unfortunately, Adobe changed something in their code that now fails to load resources. Until we find what they changed and how to fix it, we can do nothing. Luckily anyone who has the knowledge can fix the issue or help us understand what the issue is. But until then we can't do anything.

[lesebio]

Unfortunately, Adobe changed something in their code that now fails to load resources. Until we find what they changed and how to fix it, we can do nothing. Luckily anyone who has the knowledge can fix the issue or help us understand what the issue is. But until then we can't do anything.

Hi !
Thanks for your reply.

[oxOxIxOxo]

The issue happens somwhere in the rebuilding process of the IconResources index.

Changing the splash screen in Photoshop still works perfectly on v25.6.0.433.
The trick is to edit PSIconsLowRes.dat or PSIconsHighRes.dat with a hex editor
without changing the file size or the arrangement of the contained files.

Here are the steps (using HxD):

• copy the Resources folder anywhere outside of the Photoshop path, e.g. to the desktop
• extract the png files using this tool: https://github.com/jz5/pscc2017Icon
• make a backup of SplashBackground_s0.png to edit later in Photoshop
• now open SplashBackground_s0.png in HxD, select the first 3-4 lines of hex code & copy them
• open PSIconsLowRes.dat (or HighRes) and search for that hex code to find the start of that png file (starts at ‰PNG)
• go back to SplashBackground_s0.png in HxD, select everything, right mouse click, "fill selection" with 00
• select everything again, copy, go back to PSIconsLowRes.dat in HxD, right click at the beginning of the just found file data and hit "paste write"
  Now that image is replaced with 00 bytes or better said erased from the dat file

Open SplashBackground_s0.png in Photoshop to edit it as you like. Then save it as png and make sure to select "smallest file size".

IMPORTANT:
The saved file has to be smaller or exactly the same in file size. If it's larger, this method will fail and crash Photoshop

• open the edited SplashBackground_s0.png in HxD, select everything and copy it
• go back to PSIconsLowRes.dat in HxD, right click at the beginning of the 00 bytes and hit "paste write"
• hit the save button and you're done

Now copy over PSIconsLowRes.dat back into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Resources
and hit "replace".

That's it.