Can CS2 work independantly from CS3 on the same XP machine?

I setup a test machine with a fresh copy of Windows XP and installed CS2 and
did all the updates. It was working fine. Then I installed CS3 and it went
well, too.

BUT!

The problem is when I open CS2's Bridge and launch a file, CS3 opens instead
of CS2.

Has anyone found a way to keep CS2 and it's Bridge separate from CS3 (and
it's Bridge, etc)?

Thank you!

In CS2 Bridge (and I presume similarly in CS3 Bridge) go to
'Edit/Preferences/File Type Associations'.
Select the filetypes you want to open in CS2 Bridge and re-associate then
accordingly, by way of the dropdown.



"just bob" <kilbyfan@aoldotcom> wrote in message
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>I setup a test machine with a fresh copy of Windows XP and installed CS2
>and did all the updates. It was working fine. Then I installed CS3 and it
>went well, too.
>
> BUT!
>
> The problem is when I open CS2's Bridge and launch a file, CS3 opens
> instead of CS2.
>
> Has anyone found a way to keep CS2 and it's Bridge separate from CS3 (and
> it's Bridge, etc)?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>

"Benny" <no spam ple@se.com> wrote in message
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> In CS2 Bridge (and I presume similarly in CS3 Bridge) go to
> 'Edit/Preferences/File Type Associations'.
> Select the filetypes you want to open in CS2 Bridge and re-associate then
> accordingly, by way of the dropdown.
>
>

Fantastic. Even image processor stays in CS2. IIRC, trying this with the
CS3 beta by changing the file extensions did not make a diff.

Thanks

just bob wrote:

> I setup a test machine with a fresh copy of Windows XP and installed CS2 and
> did all the updates. It was working fine. Then I installed CS3 and it went
> well, too.
>
> BUT!
>
> The problem is when I open CS2's Bridge and launch a file, CS3 opens instead
> of CS2.
>
> Has anyone found a way to keep CS2 and it's Bridge separate from CS3 (and
> it's Bridge, etc)?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>

Why would you want to go back to PS CS2. All the bits are there what in
CS2 but they now work better. All my plugins even though I had
reinstalled/drag around them still work.

CS2 is still up on the computer somewhere but I have not accessed them
since installing CS3.

Bridge allows you to access other parts of CS2 like Illustrator, and I
would suspect when I eventually update that it will only show Il CS3 in
the Open with Menu.

I certainly not looking back.

r