Since the dawn of Generative AI, there are almost daily upgrades and updates of 'regular' applications and public betas. And because of unfortunate cases of some crucial bugs, users (like me) prefer to retain or even re-install older versions. This results in a myriad of file type associations, both on the system level as in Adobe Bridge.

Almost tens or even hundreds times a day, I'm confronted with the need to check the file type association of a certain file before double-clicking it. The system has its default settings, and some updates don't touch that, but other updates or upgrades do. Next to that, Bridge has its own approach. And on top of that, with certain newer filetypes (like WebP) an application like Photoshop even doesn't show up yet in the system's list of available applications to open it...

I lost track of any logic in the current or changing status of these settings, due to installing a new, a public beta, or even an older version of any application. Simply opening a file is becoming a horrible nuisance. :-(

I'm losing a lot of time and precious focus to check and swap these settings all the time.
I understand that it's difficult to come up with a 'one-size-fits-all' setting, but would it be possible to think about a better method, e.g. to let users choose from certain features or options in the Adobe CC Desktop preferences or Bridge's File Type settings ?

Like:
o Don't change (or restore) current system's setting when installing upgrades
o Keep or restore Bridge's settings and let it control or roll it to the system
o Set a 'bundle' of associations for normal work and working with beta versions
o Offer presets of the most obvious and popular associations for each industry

Anyway, this issue needs to be addressed.
There must be a better way than to open File Info for each extension, pick a different app (if available, or browse it), hit "Set for all", OK, and then scroll ± 150 filetypes in Bridge again, and again, and tomorrow again ?