Aperture Preview Problem

I have just read a lot of advice on reducing aperture library size by changing the preview size in preferences.
What seems to work is:
select a group of photos, right click and select delete previews. If I now try to drag an image to the finder it does not display the usual plus sign. So the preview has obviously gone.
Now select the group again and option click to get generate previews. This works and I presume the previews are now at the new size. Images can now again be dragged from aperture onto the finder.
However: if I do this (delete, Generate) for a single image I can no longer drag it onto the finder or anywhere else. I get the green plus sign, which indicates a preview is available for dragging but when I dop the image I get an error message: "The operation can’t be completed because it isn’t supported.".
I triede quitting and restarting aperture to allow it to do any rebuilding of sharing information but this doesn't help. There seems to be no way to get back to able to drag one of the images which was processed on its own.
I am using aperture version 3.4.5
I had hoped to be able to reduce the space used on my hard disc but I am wary of trying to resize the iamges any more.
Any clues? Is this a bug?
-Paul-

That is hard to check for us, Paul. We'll have to find someone also running Lion.
"The operation can’t be completed because it isn’t supported.".
Check, if the error only happens with one particular library, or only in your user account. If it is a system wide problem, file a bug-report using the feedback form: Apple - Aperture - Feedback
If it is only in your account, try the Trouble Shooting Basics: Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics
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