Instantly Load/Open Photoshop

In today's gotta-have-it-fast world, waiting 5-10 seconds for Photoshop to load is so '90s. 🤣

Maybe it's no big deal, but hey, if we could make Photoshop load instantly, why not?

Hence the idea for Faster-Photoshop!

No need to wait on Photoshop to load any longer!

• Faster-Photoshop makes Photoshop open instantly when you press Ctrl+Win+Shift+P
• With Photoshop open, when you press the Alt+F4 Photoshop is instantly closed
• Pressing Ctrl+Win+Shift+P again makes Photoshop open instantly

How it works

Startup

• At log on, Faster-Photoshop launches Photoshop.exe in the background
• It waits a second and then hides the main window
• It suspends the processes Photoshop.exe and dynamiclinkmanager.exe which ensures no resources are in use

To Open Photoshop

• Press Ctrl+Win+Shift+P

To Close Photoshop

• While in Photoshop, press Alt+F4

To Actually End the Photoshop Processes

• While in Photoshop, go to File > Exit

To End the Faster-Photoshop Process

• Right-click on the Faster-Photoshop tray icon and click Exit

Installation

Compiled/EXE version (AutoHotkey install not required)

• Download the zip file from Releases and extract files
• Leave pssuspend.exe and pssuspend64.exe in the same directory as Faster-Photoshop.exe
• Start > search for Task Scheduler, and open it
  • Go to Action > Create Task
  • Set the name to Faster-Photoshop
  • Optional: Check Run with highest privileges to help hide the Photoshop splash screen faster when loading (Photoshop will still run as local user account)
  • Under the Triggers tab, create a new one At log on of specific user (your user account)
  • Under the Actions tab, create a new one to Start Program and specify the path to Faster-Photoshop.exe
  • Under the Settings tab, uncheck the option Stop the task if it runs longer than
  • Click OK

Source/AHK version (AutoHotkey install required)

• Install AutoHotkey if not already installed
• Download the zip file from Releases and extract files
• Leave pssuspend.exe and pssuspend64.exe in the same directory as Faster-Photoshop.ahk
• Start > search for Task Scheduler, and open it
  • Go to Action > Create Task
  • Set the name to Faster-Photoshop
  • Optional: Check Run with highest privileges to help hide the Photoshop splash screen faster when loading (Photoshop will still run as local user account)
  • Under the Triggers tab, create a new one At log on of specific user (your user account)
  • Under the Actions tab, create a new one to Start Program and specify the path to Faster-Photoshop.ahk
  • Under the Settings tab, uncheck the option Stop the task if it runs longer than
  • Click OK