Raw and TIFF Thumbnails Not Showing in Bridge CS4

Question

Hi,
I just bought Photoshop CS4 and installed.  I got an installation error and had to remove and reinstall CS4 (and ran the Mac Cleanup Utility in between).  Then, CS4 installed successfully.
Now, when I fire up Bridge CS4, I can preview JPG files, but not TIFF or RAW (*.NEF format from my D200) files.
Has this happened to anyone else and is there a fix I can apply?  I have installed known updates for CS4 and have purged the cache.
I have tried searching adobe and the online communities for this issue, but haven't been able to locate it.  The problem also applies to *.PSD documents.  I have also tried Tools>Cache>Purge Cach for Folder xxx and this doesn't fix things.
Thanks in advance for your advice!!!
Brandon

Answer 1

Just found that exchange with Ian.  It apparently was milder than I remember, so it has not been deleted:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1208904#1208904
and
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1208905#1208905
                                    64.
                                Mar 2, 2009 9:37 PM
in response to:                                     (Tom_Hogarty)
                                Re: Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter Available - Note from Adobe
                                Ian,
OK, I'm back already.
The bug was easily and instantly reproduced just as I wrote earlier:
With one of the lines under the thumbnails (thumbnail view in
Bridge) set to date created, and the other three to Date Modified,
Pixel Dimensions and Color Profile, respectively. I then invoked the
Global Purge cache command in Bridge CS4. Poof! The date created line
under each and every thumbnail is now blank. The space for the line is there, but it's totally empty,
blank. >:(
Invoking
Tools > Cache > Build and Export Cache > for all folders and subfolders restores the data in the blanked lines wiped out by the global Purge Cache command in Bridge preferences.
Thank goodness I had disconnected the FW drives.
I then went again and repeated the procedure one more time. The
Date Created line was again immediately left blank under all
thumbnails.
As far as I'm concerned,
the Global Purge cache command in Bridge Preferences in CS4 is broken
, just as it was in CS3 at least until someone tells me how to stop this from happening, reliably and consistently.
Tiger 10.4.11. Dual bootable, DP MDD 1.25GHz G4 (2004),
maxed out at 2GB of RAM, both Spotlight and Dashboard disabled,
Photoshop primary scratch disk on dedicated 160GB internal drive, at
least 100GB available on each of the four internal drives, up to 300GB
on some. Counting external FW drives just over 1TB of drive space
available. nVidia GeForce 7800 GS 425MHz 256 MB graphics display card.
Processor napping enabled through CHUD 3.5.2.
and
                                    65.
                                Mar 2, 2009 9:50 PM
in response to:                                     (Tom_Hogarty)
                                Re: Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter Available - Note from Adobe
                                Oh, shingles! >:(
I just reconnected my FireWire drive and, to my utter disgust and
horror, the Date Created was wiped out under who knows how many
thousands of images. >:( This despite having unmounted, disconnected
and turned off the FW drive, and despite having my Bridge Preferences
> Cache > Options > set to A
utomatically Export Cache To Folders When Possible.
I'm one
very
unhappy camper, Ian. >:(
finally:
                                    66.
                                Mar 2, 2009 11:20 PM
in response to:                                     (Tom_Hogarty)
                                Re: Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter Available - Note from Adobe
                                At
11:12pm, one hour and twenty minutes later (grrrrrrrrrr! >:(),
Bridge has finally rebuilt the cache for every darned file on my FW
drive, restoring through the Tools > Cache > Build and Export Cache > for all folders and subfolders command the blank
Date Created line under each file that the global Purge Command in Bridge Preferences had wiped out.
Ian, I won't trust you next time. :/*
* [emphasis added]
                                    67.
                                Mar 3, 2009 1:39 AM
in response to:                                     (Tom_Hogarty)
                                Re: Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter Available - Note from Adobe
                                Actually, I just thought Bridge had finished. It was still going in the background after midnight. What a bummer!