Bridge CC 17 not in "Open with" list

[richard james vic]

CC 16 and 17 installed successfully except Bridge CC does not appear in the "open with" list. Bridge CS 6 is still listed. (Windows 7, current updates).

I have searched the registry and most entries point to CC 17, a couple still point to CS 6.

I want to leave CS6 installed but have access to CC 17 versions.

What needs changing, and where?

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Thanks

Richard James

[kglad]

does your win 7 show sp 1 is installed?

[richard james vic]

As stated, ALL current updates are installed. That includes all Service packs etc.

Richard

[Bani Verma]

Moving to Bridge General Discussion​

[Ronald Keller]

Not sure I understand the question. You want Photoshop (or Illustrator, etc)  to open your files, not Bridge.

Bridge is only  a browser...

[richard james vic]

No.

"Open with" is a list of apps (right click on file). Not the same as the default association for a file.

PS, LR, I etc. all installed with correct entries in the "open with" list for CC17.

Bridge did not, it still shows CS6. I need to change this to CC 17.

List:

Bridge CS6

PS CC17

AI CC17 etc.....

Richard

[Ronald Keller]

Richard,

Sorry but I still don't understand.

If I right click on (say a *tif) file I get this list:

Bridge is not in that list which makes sense to me. All those listed programs can open my file but not Bridge as  Bridge can't "open" files; it can browse a folder but cannot open files... e.g. Bridge cannot open a RAW file; what it does is launch Camera Raw which in turn can indeed open the file.

[richard james vic]

I do know what Bridge does, and what "Open With" does.

The attached screen grab shows  the drop down menu when I right click on a tif.

Bridge CS 6 is in the list. When I click on it exactly what should happen, happens. And is what I want to happen....

Bridge opens in the selected folder and shows the selected file in the preview window.

Now, can someone please answer the original question "How do I change  the CS 6 entry to Bridge CC 17?

Thank you.

Richard James

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi Richard,

Did you try clicking on Choose default program and then browse to the location of bridge cc 2017?

Regards,

Sahil

[richard james vic]

>Did you try clicking on Choose default program and then browse to the location of bridge cc 2017?

Yes, several times. Always opens CS6. Also removed and reinstalled  Bridge CC2017. This is part of what points me to an install problem not updating the registry properly. (This was originally posted in the Install Issues forum but moved here by a moderator.)

Richard

[Yammer]

Surely, Bridge is a file browser, and should only open folders, not documents?

[richard james vic]

Please reread my post of Dec 31.

Yes, Bridge is a file browser. That does not mean that you cant open it to point to a specific file/folder.

Why should you have to open Bridge, then navigate to a specific folder when you are already looking at the folder in a file manager?

"Open with" displays the file in its folder, exactly as it is supposed to do. It does not "open" the file for editing (it cant!), it opens it for viewing.

Richard

[Sahil.Chawla · Accepted solution]

Richard, Please go to the install directory of Bridge CC 2017 and Find a file named Bridge.exe, then rename that file from Bridge.exe to Bridge CC 2017.exe

Let me know if it works.

[richard james vic]

Thank you Sahil, finally... (originally asked Dec 29).

Yes, this fixes it. I naturally had to add it to the "open with" list and change the shortcut links.

The problem also occurred on my laptop, I will see if it works there.

This seems to confirm that the install util is not working properly, aka, a bug.

Richard James

[richard james vic]

Sahil, same thing happens with CC 2019, as well as with other suite components.

Do you know if this been reported as an installation bug?

Thanks.

Richard James