Camera raw editing is not enabled camera raw requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature

I know this is an old post, but this is the 3rd time after an update that I receive the message about needing a qualifying product.  It happens after updates.  All producets are up to date, machine has been rebooted, things were working smoothly last week.  I've been on the Adobe support line several times, and twice spent over 1.5 hours as they took control of my computer and uninstalled and reinstalled everything (except my Plugins, which I had to do each time) and for 2 out of 3 of those times, there was no resolution.  Today I need to go through 400+ wedding images, and I prefer Bridge & Photoshop to Lightroom, but while ACR works fine from Photoshop, Bridge tells me the not licensed message. 

Wierd new thing: I changed the double-click action on the thumbnail to open ACR, and that launches ACR, but using 'Open in ACR' menu item doesn't.  Incredibly frustrated to see this problem for the 3rd time.

I have been using my Photo Shop 12 for years and I get the message "qualifying product"

I am still having issues with my Adobe Bridge not letting me edit or even open them in Camera Raw. If I select open in Adobe Photoshop then it will let me make adjustments before opening. It's still a pain. I even went through Adobe Photoshop from Browse in Bridge so it would know that I had a subscription to Photoshop and Bridge still won't work. Frustrating.

Hi Grantg,

Do you have Photoshop installed on your system? If yes then you just need to launch it once.

Please let us know about the outcome.

Regards,

Sahil