Macro/script needed for automatic layer naming

Hi. I'm new to the forums, but I did a search for this and found something similar, but not quite right. I'm looking for a macro (that I've used in the past, so I know it exists) that will unlock and name the background layer after the filename AS YOU OPEN the file in Photoshop. For example: I'm in Bridge/Finder, and I drag a file named "istock123456.jpg" into Photoshop. As PS opens the file in its own window, instead of the only layer being locked and called "Background", it will be unlocked and called "istock123456.jpg". I've used this macro before at my old job, and it's extremely helpful for referencing back to original files when you need to.
Can anyone help with this? As I mentioned, I found a similar discussion on here, but all that script does is create a new empty layer with the filename on top of the background layer, and you have to manually run it as it's not automatic like I'm talking about here.
Thanks in advance.

This should do it...
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-1];
if(activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer) activeDocument.activeLayer.name = activeDocument.name;
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