Photoshop is not opening files from Bridge

PS 2023 latest update crashes my whole system.  From Bridge 2023 I try open a raw file (ACR) and get "verifying adobe photoshop..."  then everything stops.  Waited 10 minutes and could not even select the apple icon to try to force quit.  Forced shutdown of my mac.  Tried again with exactly same result.  Mac:  Ventura latest update.  32GB of memory BTW.

ADOBE:  I HAVE DEADLINES AND CANNOT GET MY WORK DONE.  FIX THIS PLEASE.

BTW, same thing happened about six months ago.  Can anyone suggest an alternative to PS???

@PNog 

If you have Twitter / X (I don't and won't), you can send a tweet and they will get back to you.

Jane

Jane,
I ended up identifying the problem myself.
I already had bridge version 14.0 installed, but the Creative Cloud Desktop App didn't ask if I wanted to delete the previous version, like it did with Photoshop and the system was using the previous version instead of the new one.
Problem solved.
Thank you.

Thank you jane but I've been waiting on chat for almost 30 minutes.

@PNog 

I wasn't sure on this one, but knew it wouldn't hurt to try. Let's see if someone else has an idea. Otherwise, you will need to contact Adobe Customer Care directly.

Try the link to auto-open the Chat:
https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen  
Type "agent"

If your browser blocks the Chat window, try the troubleshooting tips here:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/creative-cloud-services/how-to-contact-adobe-support/td-p/11875703  

You can also send a tweet to @AdobeCare.

Do not reply to PMs, which are likely to be scammers.

Jane

Hello Jane,
Unfortunately it didn't help.
The issue happens with DNG files, even though everything is configured to “Adobe Photoshop 2024 25.0”
Meanwhile, I tested with *.psd and *.jpeg files and the same error occurs.

@PNog 

Can you give this a try:

• Go to Bridge menu > Preferences (newest macOS calls it System Settings)
• "File Type Associations"
• Change the .psd extension to open your current version of Photoshop
• Save and close Preferences (System Settings)
• Relaunch Bridge

Does this help?

Jane