Bridge CS3 no longer renders RAW thumbnails

Running PSE9 on OS 10.8.2 Mountain Lion. Also running Bridge CS3 2.1.1.9 that I believe came bundled with PSE4 and which I have become fond of using as a tool for importing photos and other steps early in my workflow. I shoot almost exclusively in RAW and sometimes in RAW/JPEG. Recently, having made no change that I can remember, Bridge is no longer able to render thumbnails of the RAW files, instead showing just a thumbnail of a white sheet with the corner turned down; JPEG thumbnails render just fine.
I would be extremely grateful for anyone that can help me get the RAW thumbnails working again. I suspect some anciliary file outside of the main program package since Adobe is so fond of sprinking useful files all over the place if that rings any bells.
I have tried to find a standalone Bridge CS3 installer on the web that I might use to re-write whatever is missing but I cannot find it. It's an unusual request but if anyone would lend theirs to me I would also be grateful.
Thank you in advance.

Turns out my sister is more a packrat than me and she still had her original PSE6 disk, which was also bundled with Bridge CS3. Uninstalled/deleted 9 and Bridge and removed every trace of them and prior versions I could find (e.g Library files) to a flash drive. Installed 6 along with Bridge and all seems to be back to normal.
Hopefully everything else still works right and I won't have to try-and-err putting Library files back one-by-one or something. Once it feels like all is stable I'll be putting in my upgrades to PSE9.
Thanks for your suggestions.

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debwarr3 wrote:
If this is the same thing as Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 (I'm assuming it is),
Of course it is.
debwarr3 wrote:
…but when I check the version of Camera Raw on Bridge CS4, it's only 5.0. I don't know why the update doesn't seem to "stick". Any suggestions?
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This screen shot is from an earlier post and it shows Camera Raw 5.1 installed. The path is the same for ACR 5.6. Note that you can only have one instance of the Camera Raw plug-in installed per version of Photoshop (5.6 for CS4, 4.x for CS3, 3.x for CS2) each in its respective folder.
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So if you can only see the raw icon and not the raw images in Bridge, and you have the new Plug-in v 4.6 installed, this is what you do.
1 - Close Bridge (and Photoshop)
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gar

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I have found "Bridge CS3" outstanding, but no doubt, some will experience problems.
Experience is great teacher
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Do not worry.
The problems many are having, whatever that may be, and it is somewhat varied, will most likely be worked out in CS4.
I contribute many of these problems to be lack of control over the hardware that the software must function on. Windows vs. Mac ideologies rear their heads here. I use Windows and that is definitely my problem.
Get used to it.
CS4 whatever = CS3 whatever with most problems fixed.
CS3 = CS2 with most CS2 problems worked out with some tool palette changes users have been asking for years, along with "some" real graphic ability improvement, along with some abilities that probably > 80% of us will never use. Better camera support in Camera RAW.
Most all of this depends on how much money you have to devote to Photoshop, its upgrades , and the cost of the demands for appropriate hardware.
Note:
I was just using the "spelling checker". On this forum "Photoshop" is an unrecognized word. It wants to spell it:
"Photo shop"
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Up until 2 weeks ago I have been copying my NEF files from my CF card via reader, opening Bridge, selecting thumbnail of NEF and opening it in Photoshop CS3. At which point I can process with Camera Raw 4.6.
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Very grateful for your response and time.
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Bridge CS3 shows no thumbnails??

Adobe Bridge CS3 has been working fine for quite a while. I have been having
some problems with my System (C) drive, where it and Photoshop CS3 are
installed.
I swapped out the C drive, and restored an image of the drive, and most
items are working OK. But I'm guessing that Bridge may have suffered some
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MapsCollector wrote:
When I open Photoshop CS3, then go File -> Open As and change the Format Type to "Camera Raw", the JPEG files vanish and I can only see the TIF files. When I open them, it doesn't open in Camera Raw, but rather opens like a normal file would.
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What happens if you type in the name?
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