Bridge 16.0.7 removes AdobeXMPScript.dll, breaking all scripts that access metadata

Hello,

Adobe Bridge 16.0.7 removes AdobeXMPScript.dll, which is required for scripts to access metadata. Thus, this update has broken all scripts that access metadata.

Adobe’s JavaScript Tools Guide specifically states to use this bit of code to load the XMP scripting API:

if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined)  ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');

Running that code now produces this error:

IOError: File or folder does not exist

Visiting C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Bridge 2026 also shows that AdobeXMPScript.dll is gone.

​Tested on Windows 11 25H2. I downgraded to 16.0.6, and AdobeXMPScript.dll reappeared and scripts started working again.