Changing external editor in LR4

Hallo,
Recently I have changed from CS4 to CS6. No when I open an image in LR4 and will do" edit in open as smart object", I can not select this option even the HDR or the pano option. In my external editor there is still edit in Photoshop CS4 instead of PS CS6. My additional editor there I can select my PS CS6 because I have add the CS6 as additional editor.

See this Knowledge-Base article:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/edit-photoshop-command-missing-photoshop.html

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Winner, Winner, chicken dinner!
Thanks so much trshaner. A modified Solution 2 from the link you provided below fixed it i.e. The Photoshop.exe Key was already there, so I just changed it to point to the CS5.5 path. woala!
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http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/edit-photoshop-command-missin g-photoshop.html"
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I use windows 7, lightroom 2.5 64bit.
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I had a similar and some related complications.
I have just just re-installed CS5 again following Ian's advice and the Lightroom external editor preference is now correct again.
As it's possibly of interest to others I would like to mention some possible complications as they affected me:
I had CS4 64 bit (part of Design Standard) on W7 64 bit and also LR2.7 64 bit
I purchased CS5 Design Std and was provided with a serial number on proof of eligibility for the version purchased.
After checking that CS5 worked for me, I deactivated CS4 and uninstalled.
1. All of my image related file associations were removed and required manual resetting in Windows separately.
2. Acrobat Pro no longer worked (serial number/activation) although it had been working with the CS4 suite and CS3 before that. I did run the install again with the new disc that comes with CS5 but I assume that it made no changes and was not actually re-installed. After 3 support instances I was given a new serial number and it now worked again.
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Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
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I just installed Photoshop and want to use it as the external editor. I also have PS Elements on the computer and the only external editor I can get iPhoto to recognize is PSE. Any help in changing the external editor to PS would be appreciated!

I just installed Photoshop and want to use it as the external editor in iPhoto. I also have PS Elements on the computer and the only external editor I can get iPhoto to recognize is PSE. Any help in changing the external editor to PS would be appreciated!

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