How to Delete a Photoshop Bridge
Adobe Bridge is often installed as an addition to other Adobe products, such as Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Bridge is not actually a part of the Photoshop software, but is rather a separate program designed to help organize your desktop and Adobe projects. Often, users will install Adobe Bridge by accident, as it a default option in the Adobe Photoshop complete installation. The Bridge software uses a lot of resources on a computer. For this reason, many users seek to remove the program, keeping only the intended Adobe software.
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Instructions
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Click on your Start menu, and select the Control Panel. This will open the Control Panel window, where you will need to locate and open the "Add or Remove Programs" option. Select "Adobe Bridge" from the Add or Remove Programs menu and click "Remove." Complete the removal by clicking "Next", and "Done." To manually remove Adobe Bridge instead, continue to Step 2.
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Remove Adobe Bridge manually by deleting the Adobe Bridge installed files. You will need to determine which version of Adobe Bridge is installed, as there are three versions that each require deleting different files. To find which version of Adobe bridge is installed, open your Programs Files menu in My Computer. Next open Adobe, and right-click on the "AdobeBridge.exe" file. Select "Properties" on the drop-down menu and click the "Version" Tab.
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Remove Adobe Bridge Version 1.0.0 manually by going to "Start" then "Run" and typing "regedit" into the Run bar. This opens your computers registry. Click on folders contained in the following registry keys, on the left side of the computer registry. When in the folders, delete the following keys by clicking them and pressing "Delete" on your keyboard. Here are the files to delete for Version 1.0.0:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Bridge
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\MediaBrowser
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Bridge\1.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe Systems\Common Install\Shared Service\B338B000
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B74D4E10-1033-0000-0000-000000000001}
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Remove Adobe Bridge Version 1.0.1 by repeating Step 3, however deleting the following registry keys instead.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Bridge
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\MediaBrowser
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Bridge\1.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe Systems\Common Install\Shared Service\B338B000
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\01E4D47B330100000000000000000010
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B74D4E10-1033-0000-0000-000000000001}
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Remove Adobe Bridge Version 1.0.4 by repeating Step 3, although deleting the following registry keys instead.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Bridge
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\MediaBrowser
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Bridge\1.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe Systems\Common Install\Shared Service\B338B000
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\01E4D47B488600000000000000001030
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\01E4D47B488600000000000000001030
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Features\01E4D47B488600000000000000001030
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\01E4D47B488600000000000000001030
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\01E4D47B488600000000000000001030
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B74D4E10-6884-0000-0000-000000000103}
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Go to My Computer in the start menu and double click Programs. Open the Adobe folder, then select and delete the Adobe Bridge folder. Press "yes" if prompted to delete all contained folders.
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Tips & Warnings
To navigate your computers Registry easier, make the Registry window full screen and expand the folder section to the middle of your screen by dragging the center line rightward.
Back up any files that you may have saved to the Adobe Bridge folders. These files will be removed along with Adobe Bridge. Do not delete registry keys that are not listed.
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