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Photoshop 27.10 · Fixed bug

Load Files into Stack script fails with error 44

Fixed in Photoshop 28.0, according to Adobe’s release notes. The bug was reported for Photoshop 27.10. It happens on Windows only.

Status
Fixed in 28.0
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
Windows only

The fix · Photoshop 28.0

“[Win] Script "Load Files into Stack" failed with a "Cannot convert" error on non-English system locales.”
Adobe’s release notes

Workaround · if you stay on Photoshop 27.10

Save Presets/Scripts/Stack Scripts Only/StackSupport.jsx as UTF-8 with BOM, or edit the file to remove the em-dash characters in the base64Decode comments.

Timeline

  1. Aug 30, 2026Reported on Photoshop 27.10
  2. Nov 10, 2026Fixed in Photoshop 28.0per Adobe’s release notes

The report

7 votes · 14 replies

Reported on Windows by 3 people (from the report and 14 replies).

“P: (Win) Photoshop 27.10 Script "Load Files into Stack" fails with an Error 44: Cannot convert.and cannot be executed”

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