2 Replies Latest reply: Mar 4, 2013 1:06 AM by twenty_one RSS

    Editing Lightroom files in Photoshop, still wants Plugin 7.3

    Bernard22091950 Community Member

      I have just joined Creative Cloud and I have used it to upgrade from CS5 to CS6 and reinstalled LR 4.3.  However, when I go to edit in Photoshop, I still get "This version of Lightroom may require Photoshop Camera Raw Plugin 7.3 for full compatibilty".  I have tried to install this plugin, but Photoshop says it is already there.  How can I get Lightroom and Photoshop to work seamlessly as they should?

        • 1. Re: Editing Lightroom files in Photoshop, still wants Plugin 7.3
          DdeGannes Community Member

          Did you uninstall PS CS5 after you installed PS CS6, if so that my have broken the link. I am not sure how you can correct this but I am sure someone will provide the answer.

          • 2. Re: Editing Lightroom files in Photoshop, still wants Plugin 7.3
            twenty_one Community Member

            If this is the reason, and it may well be, I think it's almost unbelievable that this bug in the installer is still there. When you uninstall the old version it takes a lot of registry entries down with it, including many used by the new version. File associations for one thing, and apparently also links to Lightroom. It turns up in the PS forum regularly, so it's not as if it isn't a known issue.

             

            I first encountered this with CS3 and IIRC I had to uninstall, then use a registry cleaner, then reinstall, to be able to move on. But possibly a reinstall over itself - first CS6 then Lightroom - could be enough.

             

            Anyone contemplating removing old and presumably no longer needed CS versions: Don't. Just let them pile up until reformat-time. License-wise, it doesn't matter. If you're dead determined, uninstall the old version before installing the new.