Bridge opens in Paint

I had a problem with Bridge files opening in Paint. I changed the Bridge preferences file association and assigned my bridge files to open with PSCS3.
It worked well. However within the past day for no apparent reason my Bridge images open in paint again for the first time only though. If I close the file and then reopen it again it opens in PSCS3 as I originally designated.
I have no idea how to correct this because the file asociation in the preferences is designating PSCS3 as I originally selected.
I would appreciate it if someone could offer me a suggestion
Tina

I have the same problem in PS CS2 under Windows XP SP2.It happened without warning from one use to the next.Details of Bridge behaviour: 1) RAW files open as required. 2) PSD and TIFF files do not open when
leftclicking on thumnail. If rightclicking on thumbnail this flag appears:" open with Photoshop CS2" and the image opens normally. 3) JPG files: after left-clicking on thumnail this notice appears:"can't read this file.This is not a valid Bitmap file or the file format is not supported." When right-clicking on thumbnail this flag appears:
" open with Paint 5.1 (Standard)." All files open normally when started directly from CS2.
I had the same experience with a try-out version of CS3 but I have meanwhile uninstalled this.
For me this behaviour of Bridge is merely a nuisance, but I would still like to know what to do about it.
Can anybody help?
John Goerlich

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