Converting from indexed color to grayscale no longer works in CS4

I have a number of files to convert from indexed colors to grayscale. Did some but clicked "don't show me again" box on the Discard Colors warning. Now I can't make the conversion. Everything looks fine, but when I close file, then reopen, it's reverted to indexed colors - restarting Photoshop or the computer doesn't help.
I'd appreciate any help....Thanks, Grant

Grant,
All your contact information is posted to the web. These forums are crawled by bots harvesting info.
I don't think you want additional junk mail, unsolicited phone call scams, and possible attempts to crack your website, do you?
People here recommend not to post contact info. Perhaps a forum moderator can remove your personal info, but you might be able to edit your post yourself.
GIF only uses indexed color mode, So if you want your files to NOT be in the Indexed Color mode you need to save them as another file format like .png or .jpg

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