P: Bridge 16.0.4 fails to launch on Windows 10 with "EnumResourceNamesA" entry point error

Using Windows 10 for work is itself a kind of torture. For example, its new input method (for non-English languages) causes unexpected errors. Junior editors in film production have to go through this debugging grind to level up—it's an operating system full of challenges and obstacles. Yes, Windows 10 is garbage.

But here's the problem... Windows 10 is a trillion times better than Windows 11. Everyone's comments in this thread are the best proof.

Who agrees, who disagrees?

Microsoft has extended the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 until October 12, 2027. Users across the European Union can take advantage of this extended support completely free of charge. In other words, the system is still supported and actually has about 40% of the global market. It's outrageous that Adobe, instead of fixing a minor update to a program that works properly on Windows 11 but generates an error on Windows 10, simply makes a fool of itself by switching it to a version compatible only with the latest Windows system. This isn't a change from version 16 to 17 (by one full version number), but a minor correction from 16.0.4 to 16.0.5, which looks simply ridiculous and bizarre in the context of the need to change the system. I know you can stay on 16.0.3 and disable automatic updates, but that's not the point. This is about consumer rights, EU regulations, and protecting customers.

I find it truly shameful and disrespectful toward paying customers that you have decided to drop support for Windows 10.

We are talking about Adobe Bridge, a file management application—not a piece of software designed to generate complex 3D renders or perform large-scale AI processing.

And above all, we are talking about Windows 10, the second most recent version of Windows, which is still widely used because not everyone can afford or justify constantly upgrading their hardware.

We are not talking about prehistoric software like Windows 98.

To make matters worse, your documentation is inconsistent. Some of your official support pages in languages other than English still state that Windows 10 is supported by the latest version of Bridge, while Creative Cloud refuses to install it and requires Windows 11 instead.

You cannot even keep your own support documentation consistent and up to date.

Adobe, you should be ashamed of the way you are treating your paying customers.

Hi,
 
Thank you for reporting this issue.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.

Bridge 16.0.5 has been released and is compatible with Windows 11 and later.

If you are using Windows 10 and currently have Bridge 16.0.4 installed, please uninstall it and reinstall Bridge 16.0.3, as version 16.0.5 is not supported on Windows 10.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Thanks,
Bridge Team

So when most of your money comes from corporate accounts where the users might not be in able to update their windows due to hardware restraints.  This is a ridiculous update. At the end of the day its a file browser. A simple program. It should be useable in windows 95 never mind windows 10. 
So you now broke dreamweaver with this local preview token issue.
You now made later versions of bridge incompatible with windows 10.
Adobe premier is already broken on windows 10 and causes havoc with headsets. 
When is this nonsense going to end. Never had all these errors when it was a yearly disk release that would have been properly tested. 
Like someone else said in this thread. We are just the guinea pigs now to see what they broke this week. 

You saved my life!  Thank you all for the help.  Just remember to turn off Auto Updates for Bridge or you’ll have to do this all over again! 😄

I see our understanding and patience has been rewarded with a new version (16.0.5):

I’m not downgrading to Windows 11, so that’s certainly one way to ‘fix’ the problem of me having a Creative Cloud subscription.

pretty obvious Adobe made their decision and won’t fix bridge for windows 10…. even though microsoft has pushed extended support out for windows 10 till 2027.

So the lastest update/fix, v16.0.5, is only compatible with Win11? Will there be an update for Win10 users? Successfully running 16.0.3, but I’m on the edge of leaving Adobe if they’re requiring Win11 to run the latest updates.

ok - can anyone provide a link to download version 16.0.3 or provide details on how to access it from the creative cloud application? Following the elipse on the Bridge application doesn’t provide the option to install past versions (just manage plugins only). I read a post that something has to be enabled in settings to be able to do that but I can’t find that option either!