u/Complex_Intention_41

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to figure out a persistent Photoshop crash and I'm running out of ideas.

System:

• Windows 11 25H2
• ASUS ProArt P13 laptop
• Latest NVIDIA Studio drivers
• Photoshop 2026 (also tested older versions)
• Crash happens with GPU acceleration enabled or disabled

The problem:
Photoshop is completely stable until I use Select Subject or the Object Selection Tool. As soon as the AI analysis starts, Photoshop crashes and displays an error dialog after the crash, and I've submitted the crash report to Adobe. Unfortunately, the error message isn't very descriptive and doesn't point to a specific cause.

• reinstall of Photoshop
• Reset Photoshop preferences
• Different NVIDIA Studio driver versions
• Disabling all overlays and background apps
• Testing with GPU acceleration on and off
• Windows Memory Diagnostic (no errors)

At this point I'm wondering if this is:

• A Windows 11 25H2 compatibility issue
• An Intel/NVIDIA driver issue
• Something related to Photoshop's AI features

Has anyone experienced the exact same crashes with Select Subject or Object Selection? If you managed to fix it, I'd really appreciate knowing what solved it.

Thanks!