Photoshop could not complete your request because of a program error, which sometimes shows up while working on an image. This may be because the Image is quite large, and the system resources are ...

If Photoshop seems to be fighting you at every turn, and you keep getting told that it "could not complete your request because of a program error," here's how to fix some common problems to help ...

First, open the Task Manager using the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC hotkey. After that, select the Adobe Photoshop process from the Processes tab. Finally, press the End task button and PhotoShop will now close.

Possible fix for "program error" messages We previously reported on repeated error messages that state "Could not complete your request because of a program error," in the Photoshop CS3 beta.

Photoshop checks for this file each time you open the program, and if it doesn't find one, it will create a new file in the system folder.

Runtime errors, often caused by incorrect installations of certain files or errors within your preferences file, can often be fixed without having to completely reinstall the program.