Camera Raw editing is not enabled in Adobe Bridge

Report · Oct 16, 2023

After automatic Creative Cloud updates this weekend I can not open Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge. I can open Camera Raw from Photoshop. I have shut everything down opened Photoshop and Lightroom then opened Bridge and still the same thing. I tried reloading Adobe Bridge 14.0.0102 and got the same error. I even uploaded an older version and recieved the same error code as in the title. What next? This reall screws up my workflow and Re installing Photoshop would be a mess trying to get all my plugins back.

Report · Oct 16, 2023

Hi, @paulr80479100, you say you cannot open ACR from Bridge; exactly what happens? Nothing?

You state that an error message pops up. What does the warning say?

What kind of images are not opening from Bridge? Raw images? TIF images? JPG images?

Also, what is your OS (and what release)? This is so I can focus my suggestion for you.

Report · Oct 16, 2023

The Error code is (Camera Raw editing requires a qualifying product has been licensed) when opening Raw from Adobe Bridge). I can open Raw from Photoshop but not Bridge. Which means I can no longer batch groups of photos in Raw. I need this function when working for media for quick turnarounds with sports events.

Report · Oct 16, 2023

Hi @paulr80479100 I had also asked for your OS (and which one) but in the meantime, with Bridge open, press the Option/Alt key, and where your preferences are, you'll see "Camera Raw Preferences." Select that. (You can take your finger off the Option/Alt key now)

A window should pop up asking if you want to rebuild Adobe Camera Raw's Preference. Click Yes.

Does that fix the problem?

Report · Oct 17, 2023

Apologies, had a late afternoon emergency. Operating system is Windows 11 Pro. When holding down the Alt key and going to Edit/Camera Raw Preferences I get Camera Raw editing is not enabled. Camera Raw editing requires that a qualifying product has been licensed. It doesn't change anything. No window pops up other than the error message.

Report · Oct 17, 2023

HI, @paulr80479100, interesting…

OK, please try this, no wait, do you install from the Adobe Creative Cloud application or are you installing from downloading installers? IF YOU ARE DOING THE LATTER, please do not do that.

Now, please try this: In the Adobe Creative Cloud application, in the All Apps tab, go to the ellipses at the end of both Photoshop and Bridge and uninstall them.

Then, once both are uninstalled, reinstall FIRST Bridge and then Photoshop.

Let me know if this solves the problem, thanks

Report · Oct 17, 2023

I use Creative Cloud. I have already uninstalled Bridge and reloded it. I have been holding off uninstalling Photoshop and reloading as a last resort. Because of all of the plugins I have. Reloading them and reconecting will take a considerable amount of time. Any other options before we go the PS uninstall route. Just a thought, all of this started after an update to the Photoshop Beta. I tried dropping it and reloading and it didn't change anything.

Report · Oct 17, 2023

Hi, @paulr80479100, I should have gone into greater detail in my comments, sorry.

Any scripts and plugins that Bridge and PS share are initiated by PS. The most common thing that people see with this is when they go to Tools -> Photoshop -> Image processor and find nothing. This is because PS installs these scripts during PS's installation. During that installation, PS looks for Bridge; if it's there, it installs the scripts. If Bridge is not there, PS cannot install anything into Bridge because, well, it's not there. So the solution is to always install Bridge first.

I'm speculating that PS is not sharing ACR for similar reasons. Uninstalling and re-installing Bridge will not do anything because the issue is that PS has to be installed last.

As far as the plugins go, do not worry about that. The uninstaller will ONLY uninstall things that it knows that Adobe installed. If you look in your PS folder AFTER uninstalling PS, you will see all of the items the PS installer did not install, such as plugins. (You will also note that a normal folder that once held PS and had a PS logo on the folder now shows a default folder with no PS logo.

When you reinstall PS, it will place the new PS in that same (original) folder, and it will show the PS logo on the side.

Let me know how it goes

Report · Oct 17, 2023

It did not resolve anything. I still can not open a photo to Raw from Bridge. If I double click a photo in Bridge it will open in Photoshop. And I can open Raw from Photoshop. If I highlight photo rightclick and choose open in Raw I get the error code. I did loose many of my Actions I purchased and wrote. All the plugins came back. Same error code.