Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6 crashes unexpectedly when opening files or create a new document
Adobe Photoshop may crash unexpectedly when opening or creating new files. The error message is as following:
Adobe Photoshop CS5 has stopped working Windows is checking for a solution to the problem
.... and after about 20 seconds:
Adobe Photoshop CS5 has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.
Solution
To solve the issue simply disable the OpenGL in Photoshop or - even better - try finding a suitable driver for your graphics card or exchange the graphics card with one that works properly with Photoshop.
Disable the Adobe Photoshop OpenGL Support
