Bridge file associations falls back to Photoshop 2021 after update to 23.0.1

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November 19, 2021
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After installing Photoshop 23.0.1 all my Photoshop file associations have fallen back to Photoshop 2021. Before the update (23.0) the file associations worked fine.

Windows

Correct answer gary_sc

Hi Andreas,

Quick question: when you installed things, was PS installed before or after Bridge? If it was installed before, that might explain why the FTAs are not proper. Let me also ask, when you go to the Tools menu in Bridge, do you see any Photoshop options? If not, read on.

When you install PS, it looks to see if Bridge is there. If not, it installs a normal installation. But, if Bridge is there, than there are a number of scripts that are installed into Bridge, including the Tools and lets Bridge know that the FTAs for PS should reflect 2023, not 2022.

What you probably need to do is to uninstall PS, then reinstall PS. IF that doesn't work, than uninstall both and reinstall both but be sure to install Bridge FIRST!

Let us know if this solves the problem.

Andreas ReschAuthor

Inspiring

Here we are again. After updating to Photoshop 2023, all my file type associations in Bridge are still pointing to Photoshop 2022. So I have to go through all of them individually and change them. And there's not even a "Photoshop 2023" entry in the association drop-down. I have to pick the EXE-file manually. How can this still be a thing?

So either have a popup window, when you open Bridge after the Photoshop Update for the first time, asking me if I want to update all the file associations. Or have a button or menu entry somewhere that let's me start a batch action that updates ALL the associations for a certain program to the version that I want.

And if there's an option to batch-change the Photoshop associations, please let me know.

gary_sc

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi Andreas,

Quick question: when you installed things, was PS installed before or after Bridge? If it was installed before, that might explain why the FTAs are not proper. Let me also ask, when you go to the Tools menu in Bridge, do you see any Photoshop options? If not, read on.

When you install PS, it looks to see if Bridge is there. If not, it installs a normal installation. But, if Bridge is there, than there are a number of scripts that are installed into Bridge, including the Tools and lets Bridge know that the FTAs for PS should reflect 2023, not 2022.

What you probably need to do is to uninstall PS, then reinstall PS. IF that doesn't work, than uninstall both and reinstall both but be sure to install Bridge FIRST!

Let us know if this solves the problem.

Andreas ReschAuthor

Inspiring

Hey, Gary.

Thanks for replying. I can't really tell which one was installed first. I usually press the update buttons in the cloud app from top to bottom. So Photoshop would probably be installed first as it's on the top of the list. But to be honest. That should not be a concern of the user - to be careful what to install first. Especially as Photoshop is higher up in the app list of the cloud app. Either prompt the user to install Bridge first, or have Bridge check, if a new Photoshop version was installed and take action. Unfortunately this issue is there as long as I can remember. After so many years, that should not be an issue any more.

The Photoshop options are there under the Tool menu.

Andreas ReschAuthor

Inspiring

Even uninstalling and reinstalling Bridge doesn't fix the problem. This has been an issue for years now - Bridge having problems with associating Photoshop versions properly after updates. I't sad to see that this issue is still lingering around. At least a button to set the default Adobe program would help. Now I have to go through all the file types individually and change to associations to Photoshop 2022.

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