Yep, I tore my computer apart to the bare bones and reinstalled a different version of Windows 7 and then reinstalled all programs, plug-ins and updates so I know it happened during that process.

I saw in CR where I could change it from 8-bit to 16-bit but couldn't get it to save to that default. Now that I changed it again & instead of cancelling out of the photo, I pulled it thru and opened it in photoshop, it does now default to that for every pic I open in CR.

So, thank you very much for posting to my thread! All is fixed!

Thanks,
Denise