Scanner tif files opening in Camera Raw

With CS3 installed, some of my scanner generated tif files from an Imacon
scanner are now opening in Camera Raw window of PS CS3.
Windows XP SP2
Windows file type association set to Photoshop CS3 for tif files.
Using Windows explorer, choosing to open the tif file in CS2 works fine,
file opens directly in PS CS2.
Using Windows explorer, choosing to open in CS3 opens the same file in ACR
and then in PS CS3.
David

David,
Im glad you opened this thread. Im having the opposite problem. I have a scanner TIF image (sent to me by someone else) that we want to open in ACR. He had already opened it in CS3 ACR4 before sending it. I just installed CS3 today.
I tested this file at a local camera store yesterday and it behaved as I expected. That is, I could open in PS or ACR as desired via the fly-out menus. But after installing CS3 on my own machine, I could not (Camera Raw options grayed out). I checked with another local user. Same problems.
Then after reading this thread and purging the folder cache things started working, as I wanted them at least. I would assume the folder cache came from CS2.
So my question how does this really work? I will want to selectively use it in the future. If I look at the metadata for a NEF image is see camera data (exif) and camera raw data as expected. But I see neither for this image. And I would not expect a scanner to be embedding raw settings unless it truly supports a raw format.
When I tweak a few ACR settings and click done, the file is updated but no XMP sidecar file is created. I can now see camera raw settings in the metadata panels. This is not what I would expect. And I cant find any camera raw settings in the Photoshop file info panels for either file.
So, how do I control this behavior for future TIF images? Will I have to purge folder cache if it was created with CS2?
Cheers, Rags :-)

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