# PS color picker and PS stops responding

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078 "2006-03-23T17:18:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078/1 "2006-03-23T17:18:03Z")

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So I get into work today and my PS is trippin. When I select the color picker PS just locks up. And everything on my computer ■■■■ near freezes. Anyone have this problem before? If so how did you fix it? Heading over to Adobe support to see if I can find anything but I thought I’d ask here too.

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078/2 "2006-03-23T17:27:30Z")

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I take it you’ve already restarted? On the Dell at work, between working with Adobe/MM apps, after a few days there seems to be some memory leak that eventually prevents things from happneing like that and I need a reboot

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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078/3 "2006-03-23T17:36:56Z")

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Yea I restarted it…But what fixed it was killing the pref file (for those that dont know and may search hold down alt + cntrl + shift when starting PS to kill the preference file). I really didnt think the pref file would cause my computer in general to come to a complete halt, but alas it did.

Thanks Sen

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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078/4 "2006-03-23T17:41:06Z")

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gah…now “the new group from layer” command is killing my PS.

I think I may have to re-install

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078/5 "2006-03-23T18:06:41Z")

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ah - I have to ditch the prefs sometimes for FW (well, have in the past - dont think Ive ever for 8)… though it does still seem wonky eh? sucks heh

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**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ps-color-picker-and-ps-stops-responding/183078/6 "2006-03-25T01:22:16Z")

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> [@DDD](#):
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> gah…now “the new group from layer” command is killing my PS.
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> I think I may have to re-install

whats issues you having with that? (new group from layer?).

I having some strange issues with channels and photoshop, seems like it jumps into quick mask mode everytime i work on text and shape layers. Never use to happen to me before.