Compltibility with Photoshop CS 6
Hi
Whilst trying out True image 2014 and 2015, I discovered that Photoshop CS6 locks up; specifically, when I try and save an image!
The only way, I can close Photoshop, is to do so through the Task Manage, in Windows 8.1 (Ctrl, Alt, & Del).
When I re-open Photoshop, it automatically recovers the image that I was trying to save!
However, as soon as I try to save, Photoshop again locks up!
I find myself in a loop, which I cannot get out of!
If I completely remove Acronis (Remove all evidence of the program), and then open Photoshop, the problem is still present.
However, if I re-install Photoshop, the problem is removed!
Note, that if I re-install Photoshop, with Acronis on board, the problem is not resolved!
My way of getting around this, is NOT to use Acronis live (All evidence of installation, Removed) - I use the bootable media to back up my operating system
I would be interested to hear if anyone else has had this experience!
Note, that I have experienced this problem, on both my laptop, and my desktop; so I don't think that it is an installation problem

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Hi Brian,
Have you tried reporting this issue to Adobe support?
From the description looks like environment-specific incompatibility of Photoshop libraries with some of those from Acronis.
I'm not trying to finger-point, but practically even if the issue gets reproduced in Acronis labs, we won't be able to change Photoshop libraries code -> the exception happens there.
So the ideal situation is that Adobe support gets some dumps of the hanging/crashing Photoshop processes from your machine along with some system-specific logs/data -> then analyzes the data on RnD level and finds the product code problem which leads to exception/lockup in the Photoshop libraries.
Thx,
Alexander
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Thanks, for your advice, Alexander!
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I have looked into this, and the only way I can inform Adobe is by paying for support; unfortunately as a pensioner, of limited means, I cannot afford to do this!
If I perform a goggle search on this subject, I find that others have experienced similar problems, which appear not to have been resolved - However, no one has associated this problem with Acronis!
It is all very sad, as I have just purchased 2014 (free upgrade to 2015), planning to use this program to back up my operating system, and personal folders - the latter by daily differential backup!
I will have to live with just using the bootable media
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Brian,
Maybe then posting it at Adobe communities may help in the end. Feel free to point Adobe reps to this thread; they can PM me if assistance in investigation is needed (e.g. if they have some questions about how Acronis low-level modules operate, etc).
P.S. Personally I use Flash boot media a lot for my backups. Just don't forget to validate the resulting backups (this advice is true for any environment).
Thx,
Alexander
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Thanks again, Alexander; yes I have posted in the Adobe Forum!
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I have a problem that Adobe CC freezes when using the file open Windows dialog box. Adobe support said it was a shell extension. When I disable the Acronis shell extensions, Adobe does stop crashing. Try disabling them with ShellExView.
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Thanks, for this tip, William, but I haven't a clue what Acronis shell extensions, are, or, where to locate them!
However, I may (not fully tested yet, have solved the problem - I have re-installed Photoshop on s different drive, to Acronis (I have two SSD's) -
BTW - I have also reverted to Acronis 2014, as I have found 2015 unusable
It frequently locked up (I click on folder locations, and nothing happened).
Also, when I tried to restore an earlier image of my operating system, it deleted my "System Reserved" partition - what a nightmare - I had to delete the whole of my C drive, and reload Windows 8, from the DVD
I'm convinced that 2015 is a trial prototype
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