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tomhug1
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October 23, 2013
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How do I change the "Open In" default from "Photoshop" to "Photoshop CC" in Bridge CC?

  • October 23, 2013
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When I double click on a photo in Bridge CC to open it in Photoshop CC for processing, I get an error message.  "Windows cannot find 'C:\program files\adobe\adobePhotoshop CS4 (64 bit)\Photoshop.exe."  Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."

I then tried File>Open in and discovered that "Photoshop" is the default instead of Adobe Photoshop CC as the default. I can't find anything in Edit>Preferences that enables me to correct the problem.  What can I do?

CS4 was uninstalled years ago when I upgraded to CS5.  CS5 has also been uninstalled.

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    Norman Sanders
    Norman Sanders
    Legend
    December 30, 2014

    Re: Bridge > Prefs

    When you click on one of the symbols marked in red what apps are you offered?

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      ArcticPhotog
      Participant
      July 10, 2015

      I was having the same problem, and this helped! Thanks

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      geeweetee
      Participant
      December 30, 2014

      I've got exactly the same problem. Please keep me informed.

      wredan
      wredan
      Participant
      September 27, 2014

      I tried all of these and the only thing that worked for me was to change the reg values here:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Photoshop.exe

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        postalgbv
        Participant
        September 15, 2017

        I tried the registry edit others have mentioned and this one finally made it work. I was having issues with Bridge CC 2017 trying to open photoshop related files with CS5 that I had uninstalled recently. After restarting Bridge, it now 'sees' Photoshop as being CC 2017.

        Noel Carboni
        Noel Carboni
        Legend
        October 23, 2013

        You may just be able to go into the Bridge preferences and reconfigure it...  This is from memory only:  In Bridge, choose Edit/Bridge - Preferences - File Associations, and scroll down to the file type you're trying to open (e.g., .PSD), and configure it to use the latest version of Photoshop.  I think there's something like a [Reset All Associations] button in there somewhere too.

        -Noel

          missenders
          missenders
          Participant
          May 25, 2017

          Thank you!!!

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          Anonymous
          October 23, 2013

          Uninstalling previous versions can foul up file associations, as you have noticed.  Here is a fix from a previous post that seems to work.

          Hope this works for you. 

          20. middle.aged.hack,          Jun 21, 2013 2:23 PM  

          ***I BELIEVE I HAVE FOUND THE ROOT CAUSE AND SOLUTION***

          After looking at a new user's registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER and comparing it to the one on the original user, I found a registry value which was not changed, and should have been.

          I found a key:

          HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\op en\command

          This key was set to the path for Photoshop CS6 when it should have been set to Photoshop CC.

          In other words, in my case, it was set to:

          "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe" "%1"

          When I changed the CS6 to a CC, in other words, so the whole key reads:

          "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe" "%1"

          Everything now works perfectly.

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          Rabbitrun
          Participant
          February 21, 2014

          I tried this but it didn't help. I am running Windows 7 pro. I have uninstalled CS5,reconfigured CC Bridge file associations, uninstalled CC PS 5, reinsalled it. In between I ran Norton's registry cleaner and CC cleaner, all to no avail. I still, after uninstalled CS5  and CCPS6, still have a folder for CS5 in my program files. I looked in CC PS and found configurations. There lies the little icon that should show up when I go to "open with".  Clicking on that I get this message  "

          C\Program files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC {64bit}\Configuration\PS_exman_24px.png The specified path does not exist " which seems to indicate that something is missing. I cannot get rid of CS5 folder and cannot get PS CC to show in the "open with" dialog. I cannot get it to show in default programs either.

          Any other ideas greatly appreciated.

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          Anonymous
          February 21, 2014

          I have never used this solution, but many others have and said it works.  Your files do not seem to be the same as fix in post #1.  You have to start with the OS registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\op en\command. 

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