My old laptop runs Bridge v12.0.1.246 with no problems at all, and it is setup as below, running Windows 10.   Processor            AMD A6-3400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics   1.40 GHz Installed RAM    16.0 GB (15.5 GB usable) System type       64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Pen and touch   No pen or touch input is available for this display   I have pretty much the same software running on both machines.  It only gets used when I'm on the road for one of the newspapers and have to tag and file images immediately to meet news deadlines. My desktop setup is: Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz Installed RAM 64.0 GB System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 Installed on ‎3/‎12/‎2021 OS build 22000.438 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.438.0     ... View more

Gets stranger and stranger ... ... View more

Yep, rolling back was the only solution for me too.  My very old Toshiba Laptop doesn't have this problem though.  It is still on Windows 10 because it is not compliant for Windows 11.  It also won't run Photoshop V23, but it does run Bridge 12.0.1.246 and has no problem with drop-down menus.  Pity it's so old and slow. ... View more

Oh, and I ran Bridge as Administrator. ... View more

I have the latest build of Bridge.  Version 12.0.1.246 released last week.  I have run CC Cleaner on the registries.  I have installed the latest Windows 11 updates released this morning.  I have installed the latest nVidia driver for my GTX1070 released on 4 Jan 2022, and only the studio version, not the gaming version.  I uninstalled using Adobe Cloud, and then reinstalled using adobe cloud.  I'm running Windows 11 on a machine using 64gb of RAM.  My GTX1070 has 6 gb of RAM.  Win 11 is on one SSD and all my Adobe caches are on a separat4e SSD, including the scratch disk setup.  I have my files on many internal or external hard drives.  The Externals are all USB3.0 or later.  I'll drag my old laptop out of the car shortly and see if that works any differently.  It has Win 10 on it because it is not compatible with Win 11. The problem persists and it was not there before Bridge 12.0.1.246.  ... View more

That didn't work either.  The problem was introduced by the update to version 12.0.1.  It's a bug that Adobe needs to fix. ... View more

Just uninstalled all three again and just reinstalled only Bridge.  Did not import preferences either, and the problem persists.  Installing PS and LR and PS Express now as well.  The problem will still be there like yesterday.  The drop-downs don't work in Batch Rename either.  It's an Adobe Bug! ... View more

No, I installed PS, then Bridge and then LR.  I did say beside the criteria field, didn't I?  Not the location. ... View more

You have to use Creative Cloud App to roll back.  Select the elipsis symbol beside the app you want to roll back.   ... View more

Oh, and I've just uninstalled Bridge. Photoshop, and Lightroom, and then rebooted and reinstalled all three and the problem persists. ... View more

No, no jbm007.  Try the advanced search function using CTRL-F and see if the drop-down menu works for any of the criteria fields. ... View more

Been reported already.  Seems to be affecting the Batch Rename function too.  Someone here will tell you to reset your preferences, or to roll back to the earlier version.  Not much else forthcoming from Adobe.   ... View more

My suspicion is that Adobe doesn't want to support both Bridge and LR.  One has to go.   ... View more

It's worth a try.  Nothing the oxygen-bandits at Adobe have suggested works.  Thanks for posting this. ... View more

I'll just roll it back to the previous version.  Thanks for the link.  Might be nice if Adobe could test their software before the next release.... ... View more

They're an inventive bunch at Adobe.  They just keep finding a way to $%^& it up don't they?   ... View more

That problem has been around for me for years now.  I mean the one where your crops and edits do not carryover into photoshop.  The only way to fix this is to close photoshop and then run your batch edits from Bridge with Photoshop closed initially.  It's a pain in the butt, but remembering to do it will save you finding you've done a a few thousand with identical, but incorrect, crops and slider settings. ... View more

Who tests these updates before they release it to paying customers?  Why are we the Beta-Testers? ... View more

I rename mine by Date Taken in Bridge, when the rename function works that is.  Go up to the menu bar and select View>Sort>Date Taken in ascending order.  Make sure you wait for the abysmally slow bridge to finish sorting before you go on to Batch Rename.  If you don't, it will rename them out of order or not at all.  It still has a bug where it can't rename high-speed bursts in the correct order, but they'll be in the same neighbourhood at least.  You'll need to make sure your husband's camera and yours are time synched too to get them in the correct order.  Good luck with that. ... View more

No change. ... View more

I'll try to recreate the error and then send a dump file.  Thank you for your response. ... View more

I'll tell youy what else is different about the latest versions of PS and Bridge.  Have a look at y7our task manager if you're on Windows 11.  Is it like mine?  Never used to show all these processes. ... View more

I'll say upfront that I've read some, but no all of the previous responses, so excuse me if I'm repeating something that has already been said.   I will often shoot RAW + JPEG if I'm shooting for some customers like news media.  It is both a bacxk-up and a speed thing for filing for publication.  I use Canon gear, so I tend to use Canon EOS Utility to download from my cameras to a laptop if on the road, or my desktop at home.  I have though used the Bridge Downloader and just windows explorer on occasion too.  Those three options handle the file naming differently.  I don't have any cards with images on them right now to do this and be specific for each one, but sometimes the RAW files will come across as say 1L61234.CR2 and the matching JPEG files comes across as 1L61234_1.JPG.  When these all go into the same location on download and you open that folder in Bridge, you will see this.  If you select all the files and Batch Rename, you'll end up with different filenames for the RAW and the JPEG.  Different sequence numbers, not the same sequence number with a ''_1''  appended.  After that, no matter what you do, Bridge will not be able to associate those files together again. What you need to do is use the Batch Rename to do a string substitution that removes the ''_1'' append, so that the filename preffixes are identical.  Once that is done, you just select the RAW files and the XMP and JPG files will be treated as a unit along with the RAW file.  I'll have to check this with the latest version of Bridge that I have here, but I'm in the middle of some other work. I also use PhotoMechanic to ingest files directly from the cameras too.  It will rename both RAW and Associated JPEG files identically as well.  It is also much quicker to preview and tag images than Bridge. ... View more

Sorry, poor choice of words on my part.  I meant I can't rename the 500-odd RAW files within the folder, rather than renaming the folder itself.  I've even gone back to viewing the embedded images rather than the enhanced ones, but this software is just a dog these days.  I had a back-up drive fail on me about six weeks ago and it has taken that long to use Bridge to search for all RAW images on all other drives created during the past 12 months to then copy them all to a new back-up drive.  That puts them all in one folder.  237,107 of them.  That is 12 months of shooting with just the one camera out of three.  Bridge is just not fit for purpose I'm afraid.  Can't tell you how many times it crashed just doing the search part, and then during the copy process it kept crashing again.  Anyway, this is not for this thread.  ... View more

I gather the card is not new unlike the camera.  Next time you put the card back in the camera, format it in-camera.  I think you have too many folders on the card.  Also, I'd use the Canon Software called EOS Utility to download your images to Bridge.  It will avoid duplicates and you can set it to only download images that haven't been downloaded before.  It has other benefits too such as allowing you to set your camera's clock to match your computer or to synch clocks between cameras.  Oh, and it lets you shoot tethered as well.  Camera ratings made in camera are recognised in Bridge for images downloaded this way as well. ... View more

Yes, I have that problem too.  Also have many others with this latest version of Bridge 2022.  Batch Rename seems to be creating these on my machine.  Windows 11 machine.  Can't even rename a folder with 500-odd RAW files without it crashing Bridge. ... View more