Unable to launch mini bridge

I have re-installed my edition of PS CS6 on my iMac running Mac OSX Lion 10.7.5. The problem I had before has not resolved. I am unable to launch mini bridge from CS6. Error message is 'Waiting for Brige CS6....'
I went into Finder to delete 'switchboard' from preferences and re-started. The problem continues and 'switchboard' reappears in preferences.
Can anyone help?

Do you have big bridge running before clicking on mini-bridge?

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With PS and Bridge open, I'm unable to open mini bridge. Get a display saying 'Waiting for Bridge CS6'... Running on Mac OSX 10.7.4 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, RAM 4GB.
Anyone got any idea what's wrong?

From Mac 10.7 onwards the library folder under Users was hidden, please find the instruction to navigate there.
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-files.html

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Hello, a few weeks ago I ran into update problems with an update to Adobe CSXS Infrastructure 4, and subsequent updates to Creative Cloud app, Photoshop and Illustrator. The updates would not complete and I could not finish the update to Creative Cloud app to sign in. With help from Adobe online tech, the Creative Cloud app was removed, the Adobe Cleaner run, and CC app reinstalled. Once signed in, I uninstalled Illustrator, downloaded and reinstalled it. After that I was able to finish with the Photoshop CC update.
I've used PS CC quite a bit since then and all seems well, except that I am not able to load Mini Bridge or another 3rd party add in product. The messages I receive are:
Mini Bridge could not be launched because the Mini Bridge extension is not installed
3rd party product - onOne - Cannot complete command because the extension could not be loaded
Today (1/17) I applied the 14.2 x64 update hoping it would correct the problem with extensions but it did not. PS CC 14.2 seems to work fine otherwise.
Any help appreciated.
Tina

I had the same Problem Adobe had me install three new CEPServiceManager4 folder the third try worked. Here is what I wrote back to them
When I ran Help>Updates there were two updates the CSXS update and and Photoshop CC 14.2. Both update installed however Photoshop extension Mini Bridge was missing.
I was able to copy the folder "Adobe Mini Bridge 3" from the my rename "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEPServiceManager4 old\extensions" to the new "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEPServiceManager4\extensions" folder to recover the Mini Bridge extension.

How do I launch mini bridge in photoshop cs5?

Can't find the mini bridge function in in the meny panal on photoshop.
Any tips?

I don't have CS5 currently installed. I'll show you in CC. There is no mini bridge in CC 2014. Mini Bridge is an extension so you can use menu Window>Extension>Mini Bridge to open the Mini Bridge Panel. If the bridge is not running in the background you should see a button in the mini bridge panel you can use to launch the bridge. Once up the mini bridge pabel should function.

Unable to use Mini Bridge

When I try to browse in Mini Bridge all I get is it hanging with "Waiting for Adobe Bridge CC". Any ideas, I'm on an iMac with the latest Mavericks

I too have this problem. I'm also using Mavericks on a pretty powerful iMac. I had this problem while using the trial version of Photoshop CC and Bridge CC - both worked fine individually but when I clicked "Browse with Mini Bridge" I got the "Waiting for Bridge CC" message. Oddly, I did not have any issues when I created and tried a "Test Account" on the same iMac.
I uninstalled all trial versions of Photoshop CC and Bridge CC including all plist files, caches and anything else I could find. I then bought and installed a Photoshop and Bridge CC subscription and still have the problem. However, everthing works fine in the Test Account.
There was no Firewall running during the installation or testing.
Since Mini Bridge works fine in the Test Account it seems there is an issues with my main account not the software installation.
Any ideas other than running the applications in the Test Account.
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"Big Bridge" does not launch with Mini Bridge

When I open Photoshop and launch Mini-Bridge, it does not launch "big bridge." The littel wheel turns around and a note says "waiting for Bridge CS5," but Bridge CS5 never opens. The little wheel keeps turning around and keeps waiting and waiting. I have gone into settings and tried both settings. 1. Open Bridge automatically when Mini-Bridge starts. 2. Do not start Bridge until browse files is checked. On either setting, Bridge still will not launch. Does this call for a re-install of Photoshop? Need advice. Thanks

I have not kept up on this issue. There was quite a discussion on the topic in the Photoshop Forum when CS5 came out, but issues must have been resloved as have not see anythiing on it for awhile.
Make sure you have the latest Bridge and PS updates. The use the search fuction (many times google is faster) and read some of the replies.

"Mini Bridge could not be launched because the Mini Bridge extension is not installed."

Why?
I have uninstalled and reinstalled. I have searched for an answer, no luck.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
Amy

I"m also getting this message while trying to launch mini bridge on a Mac. I went to the Library folder you noted and the mini bridge extension is not there. I have 4 extensions present: BuzzwordAccessBundle, CSREviewBundle, Knowledge, and STORY. However the PS menu item Window>Extensions, the Extensions is grayed out. Also when I click on the "CS Live" button in the upper right of PS window, nothing happens.
I havn't used mini bridge much because I use Lightroom for organization, but I know I've used it in the past and it worked, so I can't understand how it would just disappear, and why these other things would stop working.
How can I reinstall mini bridge and get the CS Live button and extensions working again?
I'm back. I installed a couple of extensions to see what would happen and the Extensions button was still grayed out. Too shorten the story; it occurred to me to check what mode PS was running in. I had switched it to 32 bit mode so some not yet updated plugins would work. I switched it to 64 bit mode and bingo, everything works now, including mini bridge, though it is still not present in the Library folder you mention.

InDesign CS5.5 Mini Bridge hang

When I try to launch Mini Bridge within Indesign CS5.5 it hangs, giving a useless message "waiting for Bridge CS 5.1".
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Check this link and follow the steps, it may help :-
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/error-waiting-for-bridge-cs5.html

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I am running Windows 7 home premium and I noticed when I launch Bridge from the file menu and then close out of Bridge it knocks Mini Bridge off line and it needs to reconnect. This happens if I click the "X" or if I go through the file menu to exit Bridge. What is up with that? Currently I have Mini Bridge launching from its last folder location with the start up of CS6. Why should Mini Bridge close and need reconnecting if i am closing Bridge?

So we the users are going to play the reconnection game. I have mini bridge open to my working folder when I close CS6. When I relaunch CS6 it automatically opens mini bridge and loads its last folder location, which would be my working folder. That is great because it saves me time to have it automatically open this location for me. Because it automatically launches mini bridge "bridge" is launched and the "BR" icon shows up in my task bar area. So far so good. Now I need to find a new image to work on. Mini bridge is not the ideal way to search, so I open "Big Bridge" and with its much improved speed I happily find my next project. I load it to CS6 and begin work with the intention of saving this to my working file that is displayed in mini bridge. I'm now done with "Big Bridge", so I close it and now I have to "reconnect" mini bridge. Not a big deal I just hit the button right? I get to hit the reconnect button every single time I close "Big Bridge" because it affects both. So, what is the point of having the ability to view two different file locations if I truly can not use them independently of each other, because if I close "Big Bridge" I have to go back and reconnect mini bridge every time. That would be kind of like having an Ipod that I'm playing music on and I leave the music area to use my kindle app but the music stops playing because I left that area to go read. Am I the only only who opens multiple folders when searching or working with images? Even though much faster could bridge once again be the ho hum feature of CS6 because it is not user friendly?

SOS Extension/Mini Bridge Trouble

When I go to Window > Extensions to find Mini Bridge, the only item that appears is Adobe Color Themes. How do I get Mini Bridge?

I"m also getting this message while trying to launch mini bridge on a Mac. I went to the Library folder you noted and the mini bridge extension is not there. I have 4 extensions present: BuzzwordAccessBundle, CSREviewBundle, Knowledge, and STORY. However the PS menu item Window>Extensions, the Extensions is grayed out. Also when I click on the "CS Live" button in the upper right of PS window, nothing happens.
I havn't used mini bridge much because I use Lightroom for organization, but I know I've used it in the past and it worked, so I can't understand how it would just disappear, and why these other things would stop working.
How can I reinstall mini bridge and get the CS Live button and extensions working again?
I'm back. I installed a couple of extensions to see what would happen and the Extensions button was still grayed out. Too shorten the story; it occurred to me to check what mode PS was running in. I had switched it to 32 bit mode so some not yet updated plugins would work. I switched it to 64 bit mode and bingo, everything works now, including mini bridge, though it is still not present in the Library folder you mention.

[bridge cc] Mini bridge cannot be launched

Running adobe cc tools on win7
I have the
With Bridge cc (verified from help/`about bridte') running, I cannot get a minibridge. The full message reads:
Mini bridge cannot be launched because the
Mini the bridge extension is not installed
I'm not finding any instructions about how to install it, and a few posts here from Oct. indicate it is part of the CC tools.
Further ; I don't see anything on the cc installer/update tool about any such extension.

If it is a panel, how is that panel accessed? It is not amongst the panels listed under Windows menu item. The only reference I see is under File/Browse in Mini bridge
It should be in your PS Window menu under Window / Extensions / Mini Bridge If it has checkmark in front it should also be visible as a docked panel. The default workspace for PS CC has both Timeline and Mini Bridge docked as panels at the bottom of your PS screen (however this is for a Mac using the Application Frame, don's have Windows but it should be there by default, certainly if Mini Bridge is listed under extensions and has a checkmark in front)
Now from PS I click `File' / `Browse in Mini bridge'. At that point a small window pops open with this informaiton:
....Mini Bridge could not be launched because the
....Mini Bridge extension is not installed
That is indeed strange, on my system using the command to browse in Mini Bridge opens the MB panel wether I have it selected or not with a checkmark under Extensions.
So how am I to access the mini-bridge panel?
What have done wrong in the steps above?
The only thing that seems wrong is your install. First check if you have the latest updates for PS and Bridge using your Creative Cloud Application (which also should be up to date).
Then consider both PS and Bridge to reset preferences. for PS hold down shift + option + Command (Win - ctrl) while restart PS and choose delete pref settings file. For Bridge hold down option (Win-ctrl) key while restart Bridge.
If still no luck consider to uninstall using the official uninstallers for Adobe and then use ACC to reinstall. If still in trouble consider the same procedure but then with the use of Adobe Clean Tool.
In all cases first be sure to have a proper back up and also make sure you have your custom settings for PS (actions, brushes, presets etc) as well as for Bridge (export the keyword list also) before uninstall and use of clean tool
here is the info for the clean tool:
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

Mini Bridge won't launch in CS6

I can't get mini bridge to launch in CS6. I tried deleting the switch board and that didn't work. Then I tried adding it to the firewall with no success. It is really frustrating me!

Did you have CS2 before you wnet to CS6?
There is a lot people having problems but is mostly PC users that had CS2 installed. Most are saying to make a new user account on the computer log in to it and it works.
That maybe a work around for the mac also.

Unable to Open Full and Mini Bridge in CS6

I recently purchased the Student & Mac edition of CS6 and installed it on my Mac OS X 10.7.5. I'm entirely new to CS and was following some video tutorials online, when I discovered that both the full and mini bridge components will not open. If I try to open mini bridge in Photoshop, I get a message "Waiting for Bridge CS6." If I attempt to open Bridge through the file dropdown or from the application file itself, I get an error message that says the operation cannot be completed.
I followed all of Adobe's recommendations here with no success: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/error-waiting-for-bridge-cs5.html I have searched this forum as well, but a similar post was solved by uninstalling a previous version of CS, which is not applicable to me.
Does anyone have any additional suggestions for me? Please let me know if I can provide additional information that is helpful. Thank you very much.

If you also tried a new user account for testing and it did not work there then it indicates you have a false install or install DVD, you might want to use the official uninstaller for Adobe, then use the cleaner tool:
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
Read the instructions before acting and make sure you deactivate first and have the correct serial number at hand!
And then make sure you have a legal copy of your install DVD / download installer.
Also before reinstall it might be wise to first run a check and repair permissions using your Apple Disk Utilty (Applications/ Utilities /Apple Disk Utility)
Then try again to install.

Bridge cashe fail while in mini bridge mode.

bridge cashe fails when opeing and I purge it but the message returns each time while in mini bridge mode.Also it has stopped displaying thumbnails it mini bridge. Any ideas?? The full message is 'Bridge encountered a problem and is unable to read the cashe. Please try purging the central cashe in cashe preferences th correct the situation." This doesnot correct the situation. I recently uninstalled my CS5.1. Might that be an issue. I reinstalled it to no avail. thanks, Uhane
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Bridge CS6 no longer can find the cashe to update at all and will not quit on it's own I have to force quit the app.. Nor does it update changes in mini bridge. It is static. It does not show any new changes to files since this AM. It seems to not be able to find the cashe to update.. I have purged the cashe many times since and the more I do it the worse it becomes and the more I get the message that I have to do so. I really don't want to have to reinstall yet again. Is there a corrupt file path somewhere? Or can it not get to an open port for some reason. This problem is a rather sudden one. thanks, Uhane.
Thhis is the message I receive when I open bridge siince this AM.
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To summarize so there are not a lot of repeating motifs.
••I ran CS5 and had CS6 on my system and had no problem.
••I unistalled CS5 using the adobe unistaller.
••Bridge began to not be able to find the user cashe after that and crashed upon loading the folders lib.
••CS6 worked fine but I could not use the mini bridge nor the bridge proper.
••I unistalled CS6 and reinstalled it. Still had the same problem.
••Used the script cleaner mentioned earlier in thsi thread on CS6, there being no CS5 listed.
••And then, of course, reinstalled CS6 AGAin.
••Still the problem persisted.
••I went into the user lib and hand deleted everything I could find for CS5. and then I reistalled for the 4 th time CS6, using the adobe unistaller. And still the problem persists.
••went the adobe script cleaner log report console to see there were no errors nor fails and there were none reported and showed a clean unistall.
So that is the history so far.
and here again is the screen shot of the message In receive upon opening bridge CS6.
well .... the uploader is not greyed out at the moment.. see the screen shot in entry 6 of this thread, thanks
THanks to everyone for your help, the opt/launch/reset. trick worked with me only having to detete the specified cashe. thanks again, Aloha, Uhane
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Mini Bridge inside of CS6 cannot browse to other locations

You are unable to navigate (browse) to a new location using the MINI BRIDGE inside of CS6, You are prompted with message "Waiting for CS6..." and norhing happens.

What have you done so far to troubleshoot this?
Some things to suggest:
Make sure Bridge is launched and started
Restart Photohsop
Restart the computer
If any of these steps don't fix it, please provide your system info located in Photoshop's Help > System info dialog box.
Let us know how it goes
thanks!
Pete

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