Problems opening video files in Photoshop CS6

I appear to be unable to open any kind of video file in Photoshop CS6, I always get the error message "could not complete your request because it is  not the right type of document".
I have noticed, however, that a couple of things seem to be different from all the video tutorials that are out there, e.g:
  1.  The Timeline dosen't seem to give me the option to open a file from it and appears to be a timeline for animation only (see image below)
  2.  The Mini Bridge dosen't show the movie files, e.g. on my desktop I have three different movie files (AVI, MP4 & MOV) and as you can see none appear (see image below)

Thanks for your reply Pete.
When I have a picture open the Timeline dosen't seem to have the "convert to video timeline" button you mentioned (see image below)
Also HERE is the link to my system info you requested.

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