How to fix Photoshop cc 2017 has stopped working Problem on Windows 10

Recover your lost PSD files

You may lose your working PSD files if Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 crashes unexpectedly. This can be frustrating, especially when you’ve spent hours on your project. Don’t worry because there is still a way to recover your unsaved PSD files. Just follow the steps below:

Navigate to this path:
System Drive (C:) / Users / Your Username / AppData / Roaming / Adobe Photoshop CC / AutoRecover

Make sure all hidden files are revealed. Go to the View tab on File Explorer, then click Options. Select ‘Change folder and search options.’ In the Folder Options window, click the View tab. Select the ‘Show hidden files, folders and drives’ option. Click Apply and OK.
Select the unsaved PSD file and move it to a safe location. After the repair is done in Adobe Photoshop CC 2017, you can try opening the PSD file, then saving it accordingly.
If you think you’ve accidentally deleted the PSD files you’re working on, don’t panic. There is still a way to restore them. You can use Auslogics File Recovery to recover data that you think has been lost.

How to fix Photoshop cc 2017 has stopped working Problem on Windows 10

There are two ways to fix your malfunctioning Adobe Photoshop CC 2017:

First method: Rename the .dll . file

On your keyboard, press Windows key + E. Doing so will open File Explorer.
Navigate to this path:
c://windows/system32

Find the LavasoftTcpService64.dll file.
Right-click it, then choose Rename from the options.
Change the name of the file to oldLavasoftTcpService64.dll.
After renaming the file, try opening Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 again.

Second method: Go to the Spaces folder in Photoshop and put an italic symbol (~) in front of it

Launch File Explorer and open the C: drive.
Navigate to this path:
Program Files -> Adobe -> Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 -> Required -> Plug-ins

Locate the Spaces folder, then rename it. Add a tilde (~) before the name of the directory.
Restart Adobe Photoshop CC 2017, then check if the problem is resolved.
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