Ever since Google released its photo editing tools for Google+, I'm having problems accessing it. It simply doesn't load and there are some others with the same issue in the Google groups forums.

E.g. here and here and here and here. It says "loading editing tools" but nothing ever happens.

For a long time, I thought it might be the fault of windows 8 but why shouldn't it work on the completely different machines of mine (desktop and laptop from different manufacturers)? Then I noticed Google Photos/Chrome needs to access the temp folder of Windows and that's where I thought: what could block something from the internet to access local resources: it's the anti virus.

In my case, it was Bitdefender. Checked the tools on my Laptop, didn't work, uninstalled Bitdefender, works. Checked on Desktop, didn't work, uninstalled Bitdefender, works! So here you go. Don't forget to enable at least Windows Defender after uninstalling your antivirus software.

Leave a comment, if uninstalling Bitdefender (or any other Antivirus) solved the problem for you. What Antivirus would you recommend then?