Turns out a windows update screwed the pooch for photoshop. before you wholeheartedly lose your mind like i did, give this fix a try

"A recent Windows Update turned on Windows Ink. This might cause problems with your canvas, specifically Photoshop."


https://twitter.com/jeany545/status.....18019042942976

this in addition to the lazy nezumi .txt file below the main tweet fixed the issue entirely.