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Bringing programs (that “rested” for some time) to foreground takes too long on modern PC

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I’m sorry for returning to an old and already resolved issue but I’m sort of desperate.

I started to experience an issue that manifests the same way like the OP described: when I leave Photoshop opened (also affects Word opened along with it), then use different program like web browser for a while and later come back to it, it takes very long for it to load.

But there is a catch. While the OP probably didn’t have enough of RAM…

…for me, this issue emerged after I upgraded hardware of my PC including RAM! It is almost brand new build. Originally, I had 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SATA SSD. My software workflow that remains the same for years worked without issues back then. Now I have 32 GB RAM along with 1 TB NVME SSD and this strange issue (which is new to me) occurs.

I have already tried

  • upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (except mentioned components, I upgraded from 3rd gen to 11th gen Core i5, which is said to need W11 to utilize its full potential)
  • changing RAM modules combinations (I’m using two modules, I tried all combinations you can imagine)
  • updating BIOS and drivers
  • deleting user data of Photoshop (it seems like the Photoshop is the main perpetrator here)
  • running Memory Diagnostics Tool and MemTest: no issues were found
  • launching Photoshop as administrator
  • using “sfc scannow” to repair Windows system files (it supposedly fixed some errors, but the issue still persists)
  • various compatibility settings of the desktop shortcut
  • setting various power modes including “Performance”
  • checking Task Manager if the RAM was overloaded (it was not by far)
  • searching Google for hours (the thread mentioned above is the closest to what I experience)

Sometimes it takes some time to reproduce the issue (=leaving Photoshop opened, not using it for a while, then come back to it and experience abnormal delay before I can use the program again). It seemed like the issue was gone when using latest Photoshop trial, but I have to stick with the old version, which worked fine for years.

Any ideas? Thank you. Unfortunately, some other CPU, MB or SSD is unavailable to me for the purpose of exchange.

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