Adobe Bridge CC associates Ai files with Illustrator CS 5.5

Does anyone know how to get Bridge CC to open files in Illustrator CC and not trying to open them in Illustrator CS 5.5.
I haven't got CS 5.5 so i get an error every time i try to open Ai files from Bridge CC. have tried the "File Type Association",
but Ai files is not present in the list.

Can you provide more details about system and resources?
Did you ever use a trial version of CS5.5 (has to otherwise you should not have this option)
In CC as in all other versions of Bridge there should be a file type association for Illustrator (.ai, .ait) present in this list. If this is not the case and you have Illustrator CC installed and working on your system then something might be very wrong with your install of Bridge.

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