Working JPEG Files in ACR/CS6

When I right-click on JPEG files in Bridge and select "open in Camera RAW", the files open in an earlier version of ACR from Photoshop CS5, not the current version of ACR that I always get for CS6 when I open my raw files. Anyone else experienced this? I am at a loss what's happening. I know I have opened JPEG'S in camera raw in the past and not had this issue.

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I have bridge ACR preferences to use ACR for JPEG files. I find it to be inconsistent and was wondering if others had the same problem.
1. Some jpeg files open fine in ACR; others do not.
2. Also, if I select 2 or more jpeg files and then Cntrl-R to open in ACR, they will not load whereas the same operation always works with RAW (ORF in my case) files.
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Probably not going to happen.
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