Adobe Bridge Collections (CC features?)

I have the habit of using collections extensivly to organize projects. But I am always missing two main functionalities:
The ability to automatically SEARCH for a missing file that have been moved outside of bridge
Possibillity of NESTING collections would be very handy so one can for example a main project collection with nested collections for assets etc.
I am currently using CS6. Are any of these feaures present in CC? If not, consider this suggestions for improvements, if any adobe people read this.
LR users: Do LR have significantly better support for this type of organization features? Please let me know, I dont have LR.
Thanks!

I'm having an issue with Bridge CC were I setup a smart collection to monitor my new photos.
You might want to describe this workflow a bit more. Do you create this from an existing folder or are you adding new photo's?
A Smart Collection does not refreshes it self automatically. You either have to use the edit icon top right of the content panel to save again or deselect and select the collection itself to let it refresh the content.

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Remember, these are pre-editing features only, which is basically organization. Do not include editing and/or finishing options in comments. If anyone is interested why I am asking this, Its for two reasons:
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I really, really like the way it imports from cards. I really like the auto-stacking, the side-by-side compare, the easy ratings (Bridge is just as good for rating) and it's fast for this - I love how it displays a preview on the second monitor.
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my internal drive has insufficient space for all my collection folders under favorites. is it possible to have all my collection folders on an external drive and if so how do I do this ?
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Could you provide more details about OS and system version and exact CS5 version numbers.
Are you using different disks (internal, external) or a network set up or do all the files reside on the same disk.
Sometimes read and write permissions change for what ever reason and this can also cause problems for Bridge.
But asside from that Bridge is not very good in acting as Digital Asset Management for archive purposes and collections can be very useful but to my opinion only for a short period and not when you need to rely on them for a long time. If you need to use this for a longer periode I woudl suggest to also add the name of the collection as a keyword. In that way you have a good escape to find choices back.

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If you want to search for something in the filenames in a collection the following script will do it...
#target bridge
   if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {
collectionFind = MenuElement.create("command", "Find in Collection", "at the end of Thumbnail");
collectionFind.onSelect = function () {
   findInCollections();
function findInCollections(){
var cols =app.getCollections();
if(!cols.length) {
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    return;
var win = new Window('dialog',"Collections");
win.orientation = "column";
win.pnl1 = win.add('panel', undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:"black"});
win.g1 = win.pnl1.add('group');
win.title = win.g1.add('statictext',undefined,'Find in Collection');
win.title.alignment="fill";
var g = win.title.graphics;
g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Georgia","BOLDITALIC",22);
win.g5 = win.pnl1.add('group');
win.g5.orientation = "row";
win.g5.alignment="left";
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win.g5.dd1 = win.g5.add('dropdownlist');
for(var a in cols) { win.g5.dd1.add('item', cols[a].name);}
win.g5.dd1.selection=0;
win.g10 = win.pnl1.add('group');
win.g10.orientation = "row";
win.g10.alignment="left";
win.g10.st1 = win.g10.add('statictext',undefined,'Find ...');
win.g10.et1 = win.g10.add('edittext');
win.g10.et1.preferredSize=[200,20];
win.g100 = win.add('group');
win.g100.orientation = "row";
win.g100.alignment="center";
win.find = win.g100.add('button',undefined,'Find');
win.find.preferredSize=[100,30];
win.cancel= win.g100.add('button',undefined,'Cancel');
win.cancel.preferredSize=[100,30];
win.find.onClick=function(){
if(win.g10.et1.text == ''){
      alert("You haven't entered anything to find!");
      return;
win.close(1);
var collectionToSearch = app.getCollectionMembers(cols[Number(win.g5.dd1.selection.index)]);
var newCollection = [];
var REX = new RegExp(win.g10.et1.text,"gi");
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     if(collectionToSearch[s].name.match(REX)) newCollection.push(collectionToSearch[s]);
if(!newCollection.length){
     alert("No match found");
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var Name = "Found in " + win.g5.dd1.selection.text;
var foundFiles = app.createCollection(Name);
for(var c in newCollection){
     app.addCollectionMember(foundFiles,new Thumbnail(newCollection[c]));
app.document.thumbnail = foundFiles;
win.center();
win.show();

In Adobe Bridge when I try to open my camera raws, I get a pop up box stating "Bridges parent application is not active. Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature" What do I do? Please advise

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I called the Adobe 1-800 support number yesterday and went through the phone prompts and found that I could no longer connect to CS support. It just told me that phone support is not available and to go to the web site for support. It then ended the call. Since the phone message I got on Friday told me to call them back I called the number again and simply hit the prompts for Creative Cloud support and told them that I had an open case. I gave her my case number and see looked it up and immediately asked me if she could take control of my computer. Wow! They obviously have a much higher level of support staff for the Creative Cloud subscribers as I doubt if the Level 1 staff I talked to for regular CS-6 support could even do that, (or would know how). I told her that a Level 2 Tech had already done that earlier with no results. She put me on hold while she checked with the next level of support. After a minute or so she came back on and said that a Level 2 tech would call me back to troubleshoot my issue. I stayed home all day yesterday waiting for the call but nothing. I just hope that when they do call me I am actually home this time or we could be playing telephone tag forever. This is the second time I have called them back when they left a message on my answering machine.
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Is there any way to import these collections or is there another way to show those collections in Bridge CC?
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Are you using different disks (internal, external) or a network set up or do all the files reside on the same disk.
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