Place images, reassemble slices, layer issues

I am creating a sprite of images I have in the bridge. I placed button images from the bridge. I tried to merge the layers so there is only one layer for the sprite. When I did the merge the images got locked onto the background layer and I can't move the images around on the layer to reassemble the buttons. I created a layer called background that was black so I could see the greyed out buttons better while reassembling them from slices. I will turn off the background layer after I got the pieces put together.
Because the images were locked down I started over and noticed while sizing the canvas that the canvas has a background color and also the layers have background contents. I just need a dark background I can turn off after I get all the pieces put together so I can see the really light buttons. I don't know if I need a background or not.
Also as I placed images I noticed when I clicked the image in the bridge fireworks turns on. This got annoying. I thought I was double clicking the images in the bridge and that was opening fireworks so I barely touched the images and it still opens fireworks. How can I turn off fireworks so it doesn't open at all. I don't need it.
I am assuming if I merge the images onto the first layer the images can be moved around with the move tool. I unlocked the first one I tried that was merged to the background layer and it created a layer named layer0 and I still could not move the images with the hand tool.
I also noticed that as I was placing images some of them went all on the same document but some of them started a new document. I intended for them to all be on one document and I don't know why it started a second one and added some of the images to the second file?
thanks,

Ok, if you want to move each image individually from the others then do not merge the layers it is possible to move them, but it is much more difficult. Let the merge layers be the last thing you do.
In fact, save a psd file with the layers intact and save another file that was merged. This way you can always go back and rearrange, edit, etc. without having to start over if that is what you were doing.
Usually merging will merge all the layers and put them all into a single unlocked layer (once they are in a single layer they behave as one) Flattening the layers though will put all the layers into a single locked background layer.
If the layer is locked, you can either double click on the background layer and click OK to unlock it, or just drag the lock icon from that layer to the trash can.
If the background (portion of the image that is not your objects) is transparent you can create a new layer and move that layer below your merged layer (or all of the unmerged layers) and fill it with a color for the background.
Keep in mind that flattening will fill transparent part of the image to a white background, whereas merging will keep the transparency because the layer is not locked as a background.
Pay attention to what file format you save your file as, as not all formats support transparency. Stick with psd, png, tiff for example. saving as a jpg will result in a file that is the same as flattening the layers as it does not support transparency or layers. Tiff and psd are the only two I know that support layers.
If all the images have been merged or flattened and you have no way of going back, then you are going to have to use the selection tools to select each object and copy/paste to a new layer (on a windows system ctrl-j will do the work of copy/paste in a single step)
As for Fireworks starting from Bridge, I am thinking your double click in your mouse settings are too sensitive. But for stoping Fireworks altogether, you can go into the preferences, look for file type associations and then look for that file format. Click on that format and change what program is to open that file.

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