Cannot open in camera raw

I have 4 psd files I just made.
In bridge, right click has no open in camera raw option. Also no open in camera raw from menu.
Last resort: from photoshop open, change dropdown to camera raw -- but then error message comes up:
"Could not complete your request because the file-format module cannot parse the file"
thanks!

I have Photoshop set up to Always Maximize Compatibility, myself.
This enables the use of some 3rd party viewers (e.g., IrfanView), and helps better ensure any PSD will be editable by more different software/versions. That said, most "Never" mode saves can actually be opened by an older version of Photoshop, as long as features not available in the older version have not been used.
I think the data compression may be better when set to Never, because even a flat Background-only file will make a smaller PSD file when set to Never. Some say it's faster, too.
However big disks are cheap, computers are faster than ever, and I hate closing off options that might mean I "can't get there from here" some day in a situation I just haven't anticipated.
But that's just my preference.
A single layer Background-only file can be opened with Camera Raw even if saved with "Never Maximize Compatibility". A multi-layer file cannot. So yes, if you flatten the file you can keep the "Never" setting.
-Noel
P.S., the "flattened composite" created by saving a compatible PSD is not really a preview - I used the wrong word before. It's what you'd get with Layer - Flatten, and has all the quality thereof.

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