Can't run Adobe Bridge

I thought I'd give Adobe Bridge a try because some people seem to think highly of it. It came with GoLiveCS2, so I tried to bring it up. At first it loaded okay, then I got this window on top of it.
"At least one Adobe application"? I've got Illustrator, GoLive, Elements6 and Elements7. Does anyone have any idea why it won't run?

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Hmm, I know nothing of GoLiveCS2 -- you are saying that the software came with this version of Bridge and it is registered and all?

You may need to make a "trip" to Adobe support!

tonylong wrote in post #11968517
Hmm, I know nothing of GoLiveCS2 -- you are saying that the software came with this version of Bridge and it is registered and all?

Right.

Been there, done that, still waiting.

Go to the live chat - they are very responsive usually.

I've had some weird errors with adobe before and for the most part.... it came down to re-installing. The entire. Master. Suite. At least in your case its a little smaller scale.

Finding live chat at the Adobe forum was a nightmare; never found it, or anything else resembling help from Adobe.
Luckily, someone on the Adobe forum knew the answer: The first time you open Bridge, it has to be done from the parent program, in this case, Golive. After that, it opens fine.

Well, there you go! The Adobe forums can be very helpful with Adobe-specific questions!

John, before the second revision of Bridge CS3, Bridge was very buggy. Don't waste time with it. GoLive CS2 sucks too. Get Dreamweaver.

tonylong wrote in post #11970163
Well, there you go! The Adobe forums can be very helpful with Adobe-specific questions!

The forums, yes; Adobe support, no. http://www.finalint.co​m …-cs2-on-vista-the-horror/
I didn't post this, but it's typical of my experience.

ChasP505 wrote in post #11972516
John, before the second revision of Bridge CS3, Bridge was very buggy. Don't waste time with it. GoLive CS2 sucks too. Get Dreamweaver.

Well, I wanted to see what was so great about Bridge, so I reinstalled GoLive just so I could take a look at it. I played with it some last night and can't see where the "organizer" part has any advantage over Elements organizer. I had uninstalled GoLive when I found out it didn't run right under Win 7. So now I'll uninstall it again.

ncjohn wrote in post #11973309
Well, I wanted to see what was so great about Bridge, so I reinstalled GoLive just so I could take a look at it. I played with it some last night and can't see where the "organizer" part has any advantage over Elements organizer. I had uninstalled GoLive when I found out it didn't run right under Win 7. So now I'll uninstall it again.

Huge difference between older incarnations of Bridge/File Browser and CS4/CS5. If you're not a LR user, Bridge is the way to go.

And the problem with GoLive CS2 is it overwrites your simple HTML with convoluted crap. Similar to early versions of MS FrontPage.

ChasP505 wrote in post #11974545
Huge difference between older incarnations of Bridge/File Browser and CS4/CS5. If you're not a LR user, Bridge is the way to go.

And Bridge is just for cataloging, keywording, etc?

ncjohn wrote in post #11974802
And Bridge is just for cataloging, keywording, etc?

Bridge handles a lot of different tasks -- yes to keywording and overall file browsing but also things like Image Processor batch file conversions. The newer Bridge also has an Export function (following that in Lightroom). Bridge also has functions to send files to Photoshop for things like HDR and Pano utilities.

It's not like the Organizer but has many more tools, and also it's the "front end" for Camera Raw.

ncjohn wrote in post #11974802
And Bridge is just for cataloging, keywording, etc?

Bridge is not a "cataloging" app as is LR. It's primarily a file browser as is Windows Explorer. It's the control center/clearing house for managing all the Adobe CSx applications in whatever Adobe Creative Suite you have installed. It seems that most POTN users only have Photoshop installed so don't have familiarity with the meaning of "Creative Suite".

Well, it doesn't sound like anything I'd spend money on. If Santa brings me PS I'll check it out again.