Problem with Gradient Tool

I contacted Adobe because I began having difficulty using
the Gradient Tool in Photoshop CC 2014 which had previously worked properly. As I explained to technical support when I
tried to generate a gradient a progress bar would appear, and at first would
begin to fill rather quickly, but at 75% of completion it would slow to a
crawl. Apparently, eventually it would
complete, as a gradient did appear in my image, but the completion time was probably
15 or 20 minutes.
Adobe technical support first had me restart Photoshop and
not load my plug-ins which they thought were perhaps conflicting with the
gradient filter. I followed this
direction but, after doing so, the problem persisted.
Then they asked that I restart Photoshop and delete my Preferences. I was hesitant lose my preferences and asked
if I could copy and rename the file containing my preferences before deleting
it. They directed me to its location,
but I couldn’t find the file where it should have been located. So I elected not to follow their suggestion
of deleting my preferences to see if this would resolve the issue with the
Gradient tool.

Which operating system are you using?
On windows you need to enable Show hidden files and folders in the Tools>Folder Options to see the photoshop cc 2014 preferences folder
On mac os press the Option key in the Finder Go menu and click on Library to see the user Library
How big is your image in terms of pixel dimensions?
(Image>Image Size)

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