LR 2.1 - Auto-Stacking EDIT IN EXTERNAL APPLICATION

I REALLY thought Adobe would have sorted this bug out. In previous versions of LR when you right clicked to EDIT a file in your external application, it popped up a dialog box asking if you wanted to
- EDIT THE ORIGINAL
- EDIT A COPY WITH LIGHTROOM ADJUSTMENTS
etc etc
It also had an option to say "stack with original"
Now since LR2.1 RC that option is gone, it just does not pop up at all and of course Lightroom defaults to assuming I wish to stack my edits with my originals which I do not wish to do. So I have to continually go and unstack EDITS and then delete them, I save my edits elsewhere because that's the way I want it and the way I work and I wish I could be allowed to work the way I want to. I never experienced any such issues on 1.4 and I wish there was a way to convert my database back to 1.4.
Am I missing something with this option box not popping up ???

MikeZA, "BUG? LR 2.1 RC - EDIT > Stack with Original ??" #, 13 Oct 2008 12:25 am

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