Powershell script to fix Adobe Photoshop CC memory issue #2416657

fixphotoshopmem.ps1

# Get the ID and security principal of the current user account
$myWindowsID=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$myWindowsPrincipal=new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($myWindowsID)

# Get the security principal for the Administrator role
$adminRole=[System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator

# Check to see if we are currently running "as Administrator"
if ($myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole))

   {
       # We are running "as Administrator" - so change the title and background color to indicate this
       $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition + "(Elevated)"
       $Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "DarkBlue"
       clear-host
   }

else
   {
       # We are not running "as Administrator" - so relaunch as administrator   

       # Create a new process object that starts PowerShell
       $newProcess = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell";   

       # Specify the current script path and name as a parameter
       $newProcess.Arguments = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition;   

       # Indicate that the process should be elevated
       $newProcess.Verb = "runas";   

       # Start the new process
       [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess);   

       # Exit from the current, unelevated, process
       # exit
   } 

# Running  code that needs to be elevated here
# A flexible way to determine the Photoshop path is below
$registryPath = $('Registry::'+$(Get-ChildItem -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop\' -ErrorAction Inquire | Select-String -Pattern '[\w_\\]+\d+\.\d+'))
$name = "OverridePhysicalMemoryMB"
# Determine amount of installed RAM system memory in MB from cim_physical memory
$value = (Get-WmiObject -class "cim_physicalmemory" | Measure-Object -Property Capacity -Sum).Sum/ 1024 / 1024
IF([string]::IsNullOrEmpty( $(Get-ChildItem -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop\' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-String -Pattern '[\w_\\]+\d+\.\d+')) -or !(Test-Path $registryPath))

  {
      $host.ui.WriteErrorLine("Cannot find Adobe Photoshop installation location in the system registry.`r`nTry installing or re-installing Adobe Photoshop first.") | Out-Null
   }
 ELSE 
 {
    New-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name $name -Value $value -PropertyType DWORD -Force -Verbose 
 }
 Write-Host "Please press any key to continue..." | Out-Null
 $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")| Out-Null

@mavaddat: thank you so so much........I had the problem titled "exception access violation" in CC 2018 version while trying to apply a function on a 'duplicate layer' of a photo........after creating this DWORD value now it's accessing about 1000MB in RAM and it's running with no error..........wish you good luck brother 👍