Adding and deleting applications in Bridge "Open With" menu

How do you add or remove applications from the context sensitive open with menu in Bridge CS4? Just to make sure everyone knows exactly which menu I am talking about,here is an example, right click a .bmp thumbnail image in bridge cs4, go to the "Open With" menu and select which application you want the image opened up in. I would like to add Photoshop cs4 to this menu and am unable to determine exactly how this is accomplished. Any and all help greatly associated. Thanks in advance Rick

Have you visited the preferences/file type associations and set the default for bmp to CS4?
If that does not fix it you will have to go into the OS and set that up as an option.

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