Automatically Launching Bridge when PS CS4 is launched

Question

I just installed CS4 and my first difference is the (on a PC) Edit/Preferences/General does not have a check box for automatically alunching Bridge.
Was this moved to somewhere else?  I liked this in CS3.
Thanks in advance.
Marv

Answer 1

If you want Bridge to start up automatically when Photoshop starts in CS4 like it could in CS3, you will need to use an action.  Here are the steps:
Create a new action by clicking the sticky note mini-icon in the action panel.
Give it a name like "BridgeStart".
Click on Record.
Do a File>Browse in Bridge... from the menu (this will start Bridge).
Go back to the Photoshop window and click the stop button in the Actions panel (the square mini-icon).
Now you have your action but you need to tell Photoshop to use it everytime it starts up.  To do that:
Do File>Scripts>Scripts Event Manager...
Put a check in "Enable Events to Run Scripts/Action"
Select "Start Application" where it says Photoshop Event.
Select Action and specify the Action that you created earlier.
Click on the Add button to add the event.
Now everytime Photoshop starts, Bridge will start, too.
Hope that helps.