To this day, the latest version of adobe bridge still reports an startup scripts error!

Report · Jun 12, 2022

Last year, there was a problem that users responded to the startup script error on the forum.

I sent an email to reflect this problem through the email address left by an employee whose forum ID was “SandhyaS” and identified as “Adobe Employee” but I did not get any respond.

This is the error message box that pops up every time it starts.

Whether it is reinstalling the system or reinstalling the Adobe software, this error message will always pop up, unless the script “Adobe Bridge 2022” is unchecked in the "settings > startup scripts", It's strange to me that this problem has not been solved after so long.

This startup script named "bridge-12.jsx" should have existed after installation, I didn't make any changes.

The content of the script "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CC\Adobe Bridge 2022\bridge-12.jsx" is as follows:

// (c) Copyright 2021.  Adobe Systems, Incorporated.  All rights reserved.

// This JavaScript is to be read by Bridge, Photoshop, and other Adobe apps at
// launch. It generally exposes a larger Bridge dom to the other apps.

// debug level: 0-2 (0:disable, 1:break on error, 2:break at beginning)
$.level = 0;
// debugger; // launch debugger on next line



//=================================================================
// Setup/Support
// This first portion of the script sets up an object to provide
// scope for all Bridge BridgeTalk related routines to prevent
// name collision with other groups' scripts, and defines some common
// utility functions.
//=================================================================

var bridge12 = new Object;

// Set the bare bridge global object to this version so API calls are handled
// only by Bridge 2022
bridge = bridge12;

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// This routine tries to return an array of File objects created
// from the 'files' argument. It will convert a single File object
// or a single string into an array of File objects, or it will
// convert an array of string and File objects into an array of
// file objects.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------
bridge12.ExtractFileArray = function (files)
{
	var fileArray = new Array;
	
	// If it isn't an array, make it a length one array.
	if (!(files instanceof Array))
		files = new Array (files);
	
	// Turn each item in the array into a File, or remove it.
	for (index = 0; index < files.length; ++index)
	{
		var file = files[index];
		
		if (file instanceof File)
			fileArray.push (file);
		else if (typeof file == 'string')
			fileArray.push (File (file));
		else
		{
			// do nothing
		}
	}
	
	return fileArray;
}

bridge12.convertPathStrToFile = function( file )
{
	return File( file );
}

//=================================================================
// CrossDOM/X-DOM
// Implements Bridge's cross DOM API - the a small set of
// operations that are common to all Adobe apps.
//=================================================================


//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// executeScript (script) - Performs an "eval" on the given script.
//
// return value		undefined
//
// script			String		The script to be evaled
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge12.executeScript = function( script )
{
	if( BridgeTalk.appName != "bridge" )
	{
		// Bring Bridge to front if already running
		BridgeTalk.bringToFront( "bridge" );

		var bt = new BridgeTalk;
		bt.target = "bridge-12";
		bt.body = script;
		bt.send();
	}
	else
	{
		// Bring Bridge to front if already running
		app.bringToFront();
		eval( script );
	}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// open (files) - Performs the equivalent of File->New Window on the
// requested paths. Accepts either an Array object or a single
// path.
//
// return value 	undefined
//			
// files			File or Array of File	files to display in new Window
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge12.open = function( files )
{
	if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" )
	{		
		var fileArray = bridge12.ExtractFileArray ( files );
		
		for ( index = 0; index < fileArray.length; ++index )
		{
			var file = fileArray[index];
			
			app.browseTo( file );
		}
		
		app.bringToFront();
	}
	else
	{
		var fileArray = bridge12.ExtractFileArray ( files );
		
		var bt = new BridgeTalk;
		bt.target = "bridge-12";
		bt.body = "bridge12.open( " + fileArray.toSource() + " );";
		bt.send();
	}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// openAsNew ([creation-options]*) - Performs the equivalent of
// File->New Window. The creation-options are app-specific and should
// ideally map on to the app's new() function. Bridge has no creation
// options. Opens a new Bridge Window to the default path.
//
// return value		undefined
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge12.openAsNew = function()
{
	if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" )
	{
		if( app.documents.length == 0 )
			app.browseTo();
		else
			app.browseTo( app.document.thumbnail.path );

		app.bringToFront();
	}
	else
	{
		var bt = new BridgeTalk;
		bt.target = "bridge-12";
		
		if( BridgeTalk.isRunning( "bridge-12" ) )
			bt.body = "bridge12.openAsNew()";
		else
			bt.body = "app.document.thumbnail = new Thumbnail( app.document.thumbnail.path );";
		
		bt.send();	
	}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// print (files) - Performs the equivalent of File->Print on the
// requested files. Bridge has no such functionality.
//
// return value			undefined			
// files				File or Array of File	files to be printed
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge12.print = function( files )
{
	//do nothing. Bridge does not print
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// reveal (file) - Gives the target app focus and brings the
// specified document to the foreground if it is already open.
// Scrolls the file into view in the Bridge content pane.
//
// return value		undefined
//
// file				File		file to be revealed
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge12.reveal = function( file )
{
	if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" )
	{
		if( typeof file == "string" )
			file = bridge12.convertPathStrToFile( file );
		
		var fileThumb = new Thumbnail( file );
			
		for( var i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++ )
		{
			var thumbs = app.documents[i].thumbnail.children;
			
			if( thumbs.length > 0 )
				for( var j = 0; j < thumbs.length; j++ )
				{
					if( thumbs[j].spec.fsName == fileThumb.spec.fsName )
					{
						app.documents[i].bringToFront();
						app.documents[i].reveal( fileThumb );
					}
				}
		}
	}
	else
	{		
		if( typeof file == "string" )
			file = bridge12.convertPathStrToFile( file );
			
		var bt = new BridgeTalk;
		bt.target = "bridge-12";
		bt.body = "bridge12.reveal(" + file.toSource() + ");";
		bt.send();	
	}
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------
// quit () - Performs the equivalent of File->Exit or Quit Bridge.
//
//	return value	undefined
//-----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge12.quit = function()
{
	if( BridgeTalk.isRunning( "bridge-12" ) )
		bridge12.executeScript( "app.quit();" );
}

/*
@@@START_XML@@@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en_US">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>This script enables other applications to communicate with Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="fr_FR">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Ce script permet à d'autres applications de communiquer avec Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="fr_CA">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Ce script permet à d'autres applications de communiquer avec Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="fr_XM">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Ce script permet à d'autres applications de communiquer avec Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="ja_JP">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>このスクリプトは、他のアプリケーションと Adobe Bridge との通信を有効にします。</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="de_DE">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Mithilfe dieses Skripts können andere Anwendungen mit Adobe Bridge kommunizieren.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="it_IT">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Questo script consente ad altre applicazioni di comunicare con Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="es_ES">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Este script posibilita que otras aplicaciones se comuniquen con Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="es_MX">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Este script posibilita que otras aplicaciones se comuniquen con Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="nl_NL">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Dit script laat andere toepassingen toe te communiceren met Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="pt_BR">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Este script permite que outros aplicativos se comuniquem com o Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="nb_NO">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Skriptet gjør at andre programmer kan kommunisere med Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="da_DK">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Dette script betyder, at andre programmer kan kommunikere med Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="fi_FI">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Tämän komentosarjan avulla muut sovellukset ja Adobe Bridge voivat kommunikoida keskenään.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="sv_SE">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Det här skriptet gör det möjligt för andra program att kommunicera med Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="zh_TW">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>此指令碼能讓其他應用程式與 Adobe Bridge 進行通訊。</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="zh_CN">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>此脚本使其它应用程序能够与 Adobe Bridge 进行通信。</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="ko_KR">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>이 스크립트를 사용하면 다른 응용 프로그램에서 Adobe Bridge과(와) 통신할 수 있습니다.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="cs_CZ">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Díky tomuto skriptu mohou ostatní aplikace komunikovat s aplikací Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="hu_HU">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Ez a parancsfájl lehetővé teszi más alkalmazások számára a kommunikációt az Adobe Bridge programmal.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="pl_PL">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Ten skrypt umożliwia innym aplikacjom komunikowanie się z programem Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="ru_RU">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Этот сценарий позволяет другим приложениям взаимодействовать с Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="tr_TR">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Bu komut dosyası, diğer uygulamaların Adobe Bridge ile iletişim kurmasına olanak tanır.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
<ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="uk_UA">
     <dc:title>Adobe Bridge 2022</dc:title>
     <dc:description>Цей сценарій вмикає інші програми для зв’язку з Adobe Bridge.</dc:description>
</ScriptInfo>
@@@END_XML@@@
*/

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To this day, the latest version of adobe bridge still reports an startup scripts error!