P: Forces All WebP Files to Open in ACR With No Way to Disable

Normally I edit WEBP files in Windows 11 by right-clicking file, and selecting Open With > Photoshop 2026. I’ve been doing this for quite some time. Today (3/3/2026) I performed the same operation, and the file opened in Camera Raw. I do not use Camera Raw, and don’t want to learn how to use it at this time. As an Adobe user for 10+ years, I’ve resisted using Camera Raw, and I certainly don’t want it forced on me. If it had no function within Photoshop, I’d uninstall it.

I would like to find out how to undo the WEBP and TIF formats being hijacked by Camera Raw, and any others I may find that have been hijacked.

Yes there is script here for Bridge that you can use:

https://community.adobe.com/bug-reports-562/p-forces-all-webp-files-to-open-in-acr-with-no-way-to-disable-1550929

You can use a script to open files directly from Bridge into Photoshop (including all RAW formats) bypassing ACR. Save this as PLAIN TEXT with a .jsx file extension, place in the Bridge Startup Scripts folder, and relaunch Bridge. To use, select your desired images and then right-click and select Open Directly from the contextual menu.

/*
Utility Pack Scripts created by David M. Converse ©2018-22

This script allows opening files directly into Photoshop, bypassing ACR

Last modified 3/18/2022

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/
#target bridge
if(BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge"){
    var openCommand = MenuElement.create('command', 'Open Directly', 'after Thumbnail/Open', this.menuID); //add to Contextual menu
    }

openCommand.onSelect = function(){
    openDirect();
    }

function openDirect(){
    try{
        var t = app.document.selections;
        var files = new Array();
        for(var i = 0;i < t.length;i++){
            if(t[i].spec instanceof File){
                files.push(t[i].spec);
                }
            }
        if(files.length > 0){
            var scr = "var thumbs = eval(" + files.toSource() + "); for(var i = 0; i < thumbs.length;i++){photoshop.open(new File(thumbs[i]));}";
            var bt = new BridgeTalk();
            var retval = false;
            bt.target = 'photoshop';
            bt.body = scr;
            bt.onError = function(eObj){retval = false; $.writeln(eObj.body);}
            bt.send();
            BridgeTalk.bringToFront('photoshop');
            }
        else{
            alert('No files chosen.');
            retval = false;
            }
        return retval;
        }
    catch(e){
        alert(e + e.line);
        }
    }

Depuis la mise à jour de février 2026, CameraRaw (18.2) se lance -”au-dessus” de Photoshop- lors de l’ouverture d’un fichier de type Webp (depuis Bridge ou le Finder). Jusqu’à cette date, ce type de fichier s’ouvrait simplement dans Photoshop ; cet usage me convenait. L’association des fichiers indique pourtant que le Webp est lié à Photoshop (cf. pic. jointe).
Ma question : comment ouvrir une image WEBP directement dans Photoshop sans “intermédiaire” ? Merci 
Une méthode existe pour cour-circuiter CameraRaw [double clic + Maj sur le fichier] mais cela est pénible et photoshop demande systématiquement si faut enregistrer ou non le fichier “modifié” avant de la fermer… même si aucune modification n’a été apporté à l’image. 

It’s easy enough to revert to earlier version of Photshop, but Creative Cloud makes it impossible to revert to the prior the version of Camera Raw! Even after I completely uninstalled Photoshop, I still cannot remove Camera Raw (PS is the only app I use that uses Camera Raw at all).

No image file should ever open in Camera Raw unless the user decides to do so. That’s it. Adobe has fallen so far off the mark with things like this, and I doubt they will fix it because they simply do not care at all anymore.

The only way I was able to work around it was to roll back to Photoshop 27.3.1 and Camera Raw 14.5. 

The only way I was able to work around it was to roll back to Photoshop 27.3.1 and Camera Raw 14.5.

Same. I don’t see anything in Preferences → Camera Raw to prevent this, either.

​@Kris Hunt 

Can you tell us how you are opening the WEBP files? Here are some possibilities.

• Double-click in Finder or File Explorer
• File > Open in Photoshop
• Double-click or right-click in Bridge
• Or?

Also, what is your OS?

Jane