CS6 32 bit Image - Locked background layer

HI,
In Photoshop CS6 why can't I unlock the background layer in a 32 bit image as you used to in CS5?
I only seam to find answers as "change it to 16 bit" but that's not a solution.
In previous versions of Photoshop you were able to composite images in 32 bit.
What happen, what am I doing wrong?
Regards
David

No it doesn't
I have the EXACT same problem
Nothing has worked for me so far... I've tried double clicking the layer, changing modes "which can only be se to grayscale or RBG color, and RBG color doesn't work", ALT + double clicking on the layer and still nothio
"Edit"
I don't know if it makes a difference, but the image i'm trying to unlock is a render from 3ds Max. I checked the output to be .EXR, full RBG color and 32bit

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