Bridges Parent application error

When I try to open a picture with camera raw in bridge I get an error that says, "Bridges parent application is not active, Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched." What can I do about this?

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  • What does this error message mean?   Bridges Parent application is not active

    I updated my Bridge and now I can't use it because I get this message
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    Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature

    Usually that means you have not launched Photoshop.

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    How do I get round this error message "Bridges parent application is not active_ Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at leat once to enable this feature". I have launched from within both Indesign and Photoshop Trials.

    Next step reset preferences in Bridge.  Hold down the Ctrl key and start Bridge.  You should get a reset window with 3 options.

  • Bridge Parent Application

    When I try and open a jpg  or png file with Camera Raw, I keep getting and error message saying that a bridge parent application has not been opened. I am then told to open a qualifying app to continue.
    Does anybody have any ideas what this means.
    Thanks

    NO Bridge doesnt require any application to be lauched before.
    You can lauch Bridge without even opening any application
    Could you please tell me , how exactly you are trying to open files in CAMERA RAW ??
    I need the workflow ?

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    In Adobe Bridge, when I try to open my camera raws, I get a pop up stating"Bridges parent application is not active.  Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launced at least once to enable this feature."  What the heck?  I have a PC and haven't had problems before.. I have adobe cloud and pay my monthly bill...

    Have you opened Photoshop or any other Adobe app that Bridge works with?  You need to do this if you've upgraded PS or just signed up for CC.

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    Hi Curt,
    Thank for your quick answer.
    I'm sorry actualy i'm not the user so i have to wait till monday to find out if the solutions works.
    I'l let you know?
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  • Bridges parent application is not active

    Why does Bridge CC give me the following error msg?
    As you can see Bridge opens but ACR won't, instead it displays this msg.
    What is going on and how do I fix it?How to open Camera Raw in Bridge, it comes up with the following error

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    Has anyone figured out how to fix this?  Tried  fixes & I still can not open RAW files from Bridge or Photoshop CS5.  I upgraded the Camera RAW plug-in and downloaded all fixes  for Photoshop CS5 ( done automatically through Adobe updater) so program is up to date.  I can open RAW files from mini bridge if I right click the photo BUT if I take the photo back to Bridge I can not open it there. ( I could do this before the upgrades so this is not different ). I have windows 7 professional 32 bit. I tried DNG files & .cr2 files.
    In Photoshop CS4 I had the same problem ( almost the same error message...bridge requires a qualify product to be launched at least once... Camera RAW) and it was never fixed but I didn't understand the advantages of working in camera RAW. So it may be the same glich if I had it in CS4 & CS5. Thanks in advance for your help.

    i ran into the same issue just this last week....and i finally found (at least in my case) the SOLUTION...i'd D/Led the trial version of adobe illustrator...something in that download, or the preference choices that followed afterward, KICKED my "Parent Application," which had always been photoshop CS4, to the curb!  realizing, as i've had to in the past,  that i should "look back to what you'd done just prior to the change (with its resulting ERROR message) and UNDO it."  ergo:  i dumped the trial version of illustrator, and VOILA!  i can now, once again, open jpgs by opting for "open in camera raw"  directly from the BRIDGE again...hope this helps!  too bad newly added ADOBE programs don't ask you to actually ESTABLISH which of their programs you would LIKE to designate as the PARENT APPLICATION when you're loading  said new software!

  • Bridge's parent application is not active

    Hi,
    I've suddenly come across a problem with Adobe Bridge where it isn't allowing me to open .CR2 files into Camera Raw. When I right click on an image in Bridge, an error message pops up:
    "Bridge's parent application is not active. Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature."
    Originally, I opened Photoshop CS6, then File > Browse in Bridge. I've have opened ACR hundreds of times on this computer so I don't understand why it wants me to open it to be able to use it. I've opened a RAW file from Windows explorer, but when going back to Bridge, the same error occurs.
    Does anyone know what the problem is here and how to fix it?
    Running Windows 7, Photoshop CS6 64-bit, ACR 7.1, Bridge CS6 64-bit.
    Thank you!

    Then, in Bridge, I get the dreaded "Camera Raw blah blah blah" message when trying to open files in ACR by pressing 'cmd-R' or going to File > Open in Camera Raw.
    This seems related to an old thread and I'm using email to read and write to the forum. Can you clarify a bit more about the blahblah?
    You stated that it happened suddenly this morning and also mention a subscription trouble with the creative cloud. Did you use Bridge after the trouble was solved and it worked but stopped this morning or was it directly after you reinstalled everything?
    Did you already try the obvious restart Bridge holding down option key and choose reset preferences? The Clean tool is not deleting everything Adobe has installed before.
    And double check on the updates, the application manager sometimes has a mind of its own, especially when having multiple language versions installed, it only updates the language version set in preferences.
    And check PS the About Menu
    for about PS it should say 13.1.2 x64
    and about plug in / camera raw it should say 7.3.0.71.
    And in Bridge About Bridge it should say 5.0.2.4
    Can you confirm this and can you also report what other applications you have installed from the creative cloud.
    And since I changed to OSX 10.8 I can't check myself, is 10.7.5 the latest update?

  • What does 'Bridge's parent application is not active" mean?

    I just installed Adobe CS5 design premium and I am trying to open Camera RAW files in Bridge in Camera RAW, but it keeps giving me an error saying, "Bridge's parent application is not active.  Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature."  What does this mean?  What am I supposed to do in order to use this feature of Bridge?  Thanks for helping me.

    This has been a problem for some.  Try opening Bridge from Photoshop or another application, rather than from the Bridge icon.

  • Bridge's parent application is not active. Bridge requires that a qualifying ....

    Hi,
    After installing CS6, whenever I try to open Camera Raw Preference, I get this error message ....
    Bridge's parent application is not active. Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been lauched at least once to enable this feature
    Can anybody kindly tell me exactly what this means, and more important, how to fix this problem? 
    Thank you.

    Most of the time it means you have an expired Adobe trial on your computer.  Bridge is waiting for it to give command.  Find and uninstall the trial.

  • When I try to open CS6 camera raw I get an error abou the parent application not bein active.

    Actually there are two problems. 1) When I try to open a picture in CS6 camera raw I get this error "Bridge's parent application is not active. Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature. My second problem is that I'm unable to open Ps without getting a window to get the creative cloud. If I close the window it closed Ps.
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    Can you open Adobe Reader by itself?  If so, try to disable Protected Mode [Edit | Preferenes | Security (Enhanced)].

  • Having problems with Bridge shutting down after saving photo in PS Cs5,,,,,,,,,  Also when i attempt to update either PS or bridge get an error message in Adobe application manger "Error loading updater workflow"

    Having problems with Bridge shutting down after saving photo in PS Cs5,,,,,,,,,  Also when i attempt to update either PS or bridge get an error message in Adobe application manger "Error loading updater workflow"

    Sorry for the late reply. My email firewall has become a little over zealous & sent a lot of my emails straight to my junk email folder, so I have only just now discovered your reply in my junk mail folder.
    The only "don't open files exceeding xxx megabytes" instruction I can find in my Prefs, is in the Bridge Prefs for Thumbnails, & mine is set at 1000mb. The biggest files I handle are bigger than 200mb so I should be able to open a few, not just one.
    However, this doesn't explain why I can open a psd format file of 180mb, close it, but then can't open a RAW format file of only 26mb immediately after.
    I can open the RAW file only if I restart my computer - very annoying!
    However, thanks for the advice about the video card & memory.
    So, I'm still stuck as to what the issue is.

  • Bridge CC parent application is not active

    Hi, I'm currently using elements 13 (that's both premiere and photoshop) on windows 7 64 bit. I installed Bridge CC specifically to use the camera Raw feature, however as the title says every time I attempt to open a .cr2 file using camera raw it brings up the message "bridge's parent application is not active. Bridge requires that a qualifying product has been launched at least once to enable this feature."
    Now I assume a qualifying product would be photoshop, which i've opened before, I've looked around elsewhere for solutions and only found swapping the AMTlib.dll which hasn't worked at all for me as it just breaks bridge completely. This is bearing in mind that everything worked fine on elements 12 on my previous PC but I've gotten rid of that and there's no way for me to able to access it now.
    Thanks for the help in advance.

    Bridge CC only works with CC products not Elements versions of anything which have their “Organizer”.

  • Bridge will not now let me use camera raw, though I had been using it every day.  It says that "the parent application is not active.  Bridge requires that a qualifiying product has  been launched at least once to enable this feature."  What am I to do?

    Bridge will not now let me use camera raw, though I have been using it every day.  It ways that "the parent application is not active.  Bridge requires that a qualifiying product has  been launched at least once to enable this feature."  What am I to do?

    Usually this points to having some kind of earlier trial version still installed on your system. However without more details you are not likely to find an answer. Try this for a start:
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