Conserving Resources
Plug-ins save time, but they’re a bit resource-hungry; at least, they lengthen
Photoshop’s start-up time. Your plug-ins might have functionality that you
rarely use, so deactivate them until you need them. To do so, create a new
folder by going to Adobe → Adobe Photoshop CS5 (or whatever your
version) and name it something like Plugins_deactivated.
After disabling some plug-ins.
Now move all of the extensions that you don’t need for the moment. When
you restart Photoshop now, those plug-ins won’t load, so the program will