ADOBE CAMERA RAW 17.0 UPDATE FOR PSE 2025 POSTED 22 OCT 2024

Go here to begin the process of installing ACR 17.0 for PSE 2025- no reason to manually do so anymore. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/release-note/update.html

This is what it looks like when the update process to ACR begins.  It shut down the program before this part started-  it did ask if I wanted to save my open canvases- no worry about losing works in progress.