Bridge freezes - Building Criteria

This problem just began two days ago using Bridge CC. No hardware changes - nothing except accepting whatever CC updates have come up.
I open Bridge, navigate to a folder, and everything seems fine. Click on any other folder, and Bridge locks up with the "Building Criteria" message and arrows spinning ... forever.
Then I try to exit Bridge. Everything seems OK, but it will not restart. Looking at the Task Manager shows Bridge process is still running. End Process and/or End Process Tree in task manager does nothing. A cold start is required to reload Bridge.
Have purged cache and prefs to no avail. Updated video driver.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 14.1.2 (14.1.2 20130923.r.427 2013/09/23:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 4
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 3411 MHz
Built-in memory: 16365 MB
Free memory: 8345 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14703 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 70 %
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Display: 2
Display Bounds: top=0, left=1920, bottom=1024, right=3200
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
NumGPUs=1
gpu[0].OGLVersion="3.0"
gpu[0].MemoryMB=1024
gpu[0].RectTextureSize=16384
gpu[0].Renderer="GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2"
gpu[0].RendererID=4676
gpu[0].Vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
gpu[0].VendorID=4318
gpu[0].HasNPOTSupport=1
gpu[0].DriverVersion="9.18.13.3182"
gpu[0].Driver="nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um"
gpu[0].DriverDate="20131111000000.000000-000"
gpu[0].CompileProgramGLSL=1
gpu[0].TestFrameBuffer=1
gpu[0].OCLSupported=1
gpu[0].OCLVersion="1.1"
gpu[0].CUDASupported=1
gpu[0].CUDAVersion="6.0.1"
gpu[0].glGetString[GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION]="4.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler"
gpu[0].glGetProgramivARB[GL_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM_ARB][GL_MAX_PROGRAM_INSTRUCTIONS_ARB]=[16384]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS]=[4]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_COMBINED_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS]=[192]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS]=[32]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS]=[32]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_DRAW_BUFFERS]=[8]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VERTEX_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS]=[4096]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_FRAGMENT_UNIFORM_COMPONENTS]=[2048]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VARYING_FLOATS]=[124]
gpu[0].glGetIntegerv[GL_MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS]=[16]
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_VERTEX_PROGRAM]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_FRAGMENT_PROGRAM]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_VERTEX_SHADER]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_FRAGMENT_SHADER]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_EXT_FRAMEBUFFER_OBJECT]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_TEXTURE_FLOAT]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_OCCLUSION_QUERY]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_VERTEX_BUFFER_OBJECT]=1
gpu[0].extension[AIF::OGL::GL_ARB_SHADER_TEXTURE_LOD]=1
Serial number: 90970452406346865088
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\Ted\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 931.4G, 35.2G free
Z:\, 931.5G, 925.0G free
Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Required\Plug-Ins\
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\
Installed components:
   ACE.dll   ACE 2013/07/14-12:09:50   79.543790   79.543790
   adbeape.dll   Adobe APE 2013/02/04-09:52:32   0.1160850   0.1160850
   AdobeLinguistic.dll   Adobe Linguisitc Library   7.0.0
   AdobeOwl.dll   Adobe Owl 2013/03/03-12:10:08   5.0.13   79.533484
   AdobePDFL.dll   PDFL 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.499517   79.499517
   AdobePIP.dll   Adobe Product Improvement Program   7.0.0.1786
   AdobeXMP.dll   Adobe XMP Core 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.151481   79.151481
   AdobeXMPFiles.dll   Adobe XMP Files 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.151481   79.151481
   AdobeXMPScript.dll   Adobe XMP Script 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.151481   79.151481
   adobe_caps.dll   Adobe CAPS   7,0,0,21
   AGM.dll   AGM 2013/07/14-12:09:50   79.543790   79.543790
   ahclient.dll    AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library   1,8,0,31
   aif_core.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508
   aif_ocl.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508
   aif_ogl.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508
   amtlib.dll   AMTLib (64 Bit)   7.0.0.169 BuildVersion: 7.0; BuildDate: Mon Apr 8 2013 2:31:50)   1.000000
   ARE.dll   ARE 2013/07/14-12:09:50   79.543790   79.543790
   AXE8SharedExpat.dll   AXE8SharedExpat 2011/12/16-15:10:49   66.26830   66.26830
   AXEDOMCore.dll   AXEDOMCore 2011/12/16-15:10:49   66.26830   66.26830
   Bib.dll   BIB 2013/07/14-12:09:50   79.543790   79.543790
   BIBUtils.dll   BIBUtils 2013/07/14-12:09:50   79.543790   79.543790
   boost_date_time.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   boost_signals.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   boost_system.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   boost_threads.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   cg.dll   NVIDIA Cg Runtime   3.0.00007
   cgGL.dll   NVIDIA Cg Runtime   3.0.00007
   CIT.dll   Adobe CIT   2.1.6.30929   2.1.6.30929
   CITThreading.dll   Adobe CITThreading   2.1.6.30929   2.1.6.30929
   CoolType.dll   CoolType 2013/07/14-12:09:50   79.543790   79.543790
   dvaaudiodevice.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dvacore.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dvamarshal.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dvamediatypes.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dvaplayer.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dvatransport.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dvaunittesting.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   dynamiclink.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   ExtendScript.dll   ExtendScript 2013/03/21-12:10:31   79.535742   79.535742
   FileInfo.dll   Adobe XMP FileInfo 2013/03/19-12:09:02   79.151561   79.151561
   filter_graph.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508
   icucnv40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615
   icudt40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615
   imslib.dll   IMSLib DLL   7.0.0.116
   JP2KLib.dll   JP2KLib 2013/02/19-12:28:44   79.248139   79.248139
   libifcoremd.dll   Intel(r) Visual Fortran Compiler   10.0 (Update A)
   libiomp5md.dll   Intel(R) OMP Runtime Library   5.0
   libmmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   12.0
   LogSession.dll   LogSession   2.1.2.1785
   mediacoreif.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0
   MPS.dll   MPS 2013/03/15-13:25:52   79.535029   79.535029
   msvcm80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195
   msvcm90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1
   msvcp100.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010   10.00.40219.1
   msvcp80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195
   msvcp90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1
   msvcr100.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010   10.00.40219.1
   msvcr80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195
   msvcr90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1
   ONCore7.dll   ONCore   7.0.0.0
   ONCoreFoundation7.dll   ONCoreFoundation7   7, 0, 0, 0
   ONDocument7.dll   ONDocument   7.0.0.0
   ONProxySupport7.dll   ONProxySupport   1.0.0.0
   PatchMatch.dll   PatchMatch 2013/06/11-12:08:08   79.542390   79.542390
   pdfsettings.dll   Adobe PDFSettings   1.04
   Photoshop.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC
   Plugin.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC
   PlugPlugOwl.dll   Adobe(R) CSXS PlugPlugOwl Standard Dll (64 bit)   4.0.1.34
   PSArt.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC
   PSViews.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC
   SCCore.dll   ScCore 2013/03/21-12:10:31   79.535742   79.535742
   ScriptUIFlex.dll   ScriptUIFlex 2013/03/21-12:10:31   79.535742   79.535742
   svml_dispmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   12.0
   tbb.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   4, 1, 2012, 1003
   tbbmalloc.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   4, 1, 2012, 1003
   updaternotifications.dll   Adobe Updater Notifications Library   7.0.1.102 (BuildVersion: 1.0; BuildDate: BUILDDATETIME)   7.0.1.102
   WRServices.dll   WRServices Mon Feb 25 2013 16:09:10   Build 0.19078   0.19078
Required plug-ins:
   3D Studio 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Accented Edges 14.1.2
   Adaptive Wide Angle 14.1.2
   Angled Strokes 14.1.2
   Average 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Bas Relief 14.1.2
   BMP 14.1.2
   Camera Raw 8.3
   Camera Raw Filter 8.3
   Chalk & Charcoal 14.1.2
   Charcoal 14.1.2
   Chrome 14.1.2
   Cineon 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Clouds 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Collada 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Color Halftone 14.1.2
   Colored Pencil 14.1.2
   CompuServe GIF 14.1.2
   Conté Crayon 14.1.2
   Craquelure 14.1.2
   Crop and Straighten Photos 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 14.1.2
   Crosshatch 14.1.2
   Crystallize 14.1.2
   Cutout 14.1.2
   Dark Strokes 14.1.2
   De-Interlace 14.1.2
   Dicom 14.1.2
   Difference Clouds 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Diffuse Glow 14.1.2
   Displace 14.1.2
   Dry Brush 14.1.2
   Eazel Acquire 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Embed Watermark 4.0
   Entropy 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Extrude 14.1.2
   FastCore Routines 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Fibers 14.1.2
   Film Grain 14.1.2
   Filter Gallery 14.1.2
   Flash 3D 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Fresco 14.1.2
   Glass 14.1.2
   Glowing Edges 14.1.2
   Google Earth 4 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Grain 14.1.2
   Graphic Pen 14.1.2
   Halftone Pattern 14.1.2
   HDRMergeUI 14.1.2
   IFF Format 14.1.2
   Ink Outlines 14.1.2
   JPEG 2000 14.1.2
   Kurtosis 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Lens Blur 14.1.2
   Lens Correction 14.1.2
   Lens Flare 14.1.2
   Liquify 14.1.2
   Matlab Operation 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Maximum 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Mean 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Measurement Core 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Median 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Mezzotint 14.1.2
   Minimum 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   MMXCore Routines 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Mosaic Tiles 14.1.2
   Multiprocessor Support 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Neon Glow 14.1.2
   Note Paper 14.1.2
   NTSC Colors 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Ocean Ripple 14.1.2
   Oil Paint 14.1.2
   OpenEXR 14.1.2
   Paint Daubs 14.1.2
   Palette Knife 14.1.2
   Patchwork 14.1.2
   Paths to Illustrator 14.1.2
   PCX 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Photocopy 14.1.2
   Photoshop 3D Engine 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Photoshop Touch 14.0
   Picture Package Filter 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Pinch 14.1.2
   Pixar 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Plaster 14.1.2
   Plastic Wrap 14.1.2
   PNG 14.1.2
   Pointillize 14.1.2
   Polar Coordinates 14.1.2
   Portable Bit Map 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Poster Edges 14.1.2
   Radial Blur 14.1.2
   Radiance 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Range 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Read Watermark 4.0
   Reticulation 14.1.2
   Ripple 14.1.2
   Rough Pastels 14.1.2
   Save for Web 14.1.2
   ScriptingSupport 14.1.2
   Shake Reduction 14.1.2
   Shear 14.1.2
   Skewness 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Smart Blur 14.1.2
   Smudge Stick 14.1.2
   Solarize 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Spatter 14.1.2
   Spherize 14.1.2
   Sponge 14.1.2
   Sprayed Strokes 14.1.2
   Stained Glass 14.1.2
   Stamp 14.1.2
   Standard Deviation 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   STL 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Sumi-e 14.1.2
   Summation 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Targa 14.1.2
   Texturizer 14.1.2
   Tiles 14.1.2
   Torn Edges 14.1.2
   Twirl 14.1.2
   Underpainting 14.1.2
   Vanishing Point 14.1.2
   Variance 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Variations 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Water Paper 14.1.2
   Watercolor 14.1.2
   Wave 14.1.2
   Wavefront|OBJ 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   WIA Support 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   Wind 14.1.2
   Wireless Bitmap 14.1.2 (14.1.2 x001)
   ZigZag 14.1.2
Optional and third party plug-ins:
   FocalPoint 2.1 2.1.1
   FocalPoint 2.1 Filter 2.1.1
   FocalPoint 2.1 Smart Filter 2.1.1
   Perfect BW 1 1.0.3
   Perfect BW 1 Filter 1.0.3
   Perfect BW 1 Smart Filter 1.0.3
   Perfect Effects 4 4.0.4
   Perfect Effects 4 Filter 4.0.4
   Perfect Effects 4 Smart Filter 4.0.4
   Perfect Mask 5.2 5.2.3
   Perfect Mask 5.2 Filter 5.2.3
   Perfect Mask 5.2 Smart Filter 5.2.3
   Perfect Portrait 2 2.0.3
   Perfect Portrait 2 Filter 2.0.3
   Perfect Portrait 2 Smart Filter 2.0.3
   Perfect Resize 7.5 7.5.3
   Perfect Resize 7.5 Engine Automation 7.5.3
   Perfect Resize 7.5 Engine Filter 7.5.3
   Perfect Resize 7.5 Filter 7.5.3
   Perfect Resize Format 7.5.3
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
   onOne
   Mini Bridge
   Adobe Exchange
   Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

Thank you for your comments Omke. Realizing none of us are mind readers, my first post in this thread included roughly 200 lines of system info. I can understand why you may not have wanted to read all of it, but the pertinent systems information was included there, including on lines 3 and 4 ...
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
As far as exact actions and file locations, sorry I replied from a mobile device. I should not have replied with partial or "remembered" information.
My first attempt was to hold down the <Alt> key while double clicking the Adobe Bridge CC Icon on the Windows Desktop. That did not resolve the "Building Criteria" message.
My second action was to navigate to C:\Users\Ted\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Bridge CC where I deleted folders entitled Cache, Collections, and Workspaces. That just changed everything but did not resolve the problem ... which I state again:
I open Bridge, navigate to a folder, and everything seems fine. Click on any other folder, and Bridge locks up with the "Building Criteria" message and arrows spinning ... forever.
Then I try to exit Bridge. Everything seems to close OK, but double clicking on the Bridge Icon does not relaunch Bridge. Looking at the Task Manager shows the Bridge process is still running. End Process and/or End Process Tree in the Task Manager does nothing (Bridge apparently is capable of ignoring the End Process command). A cold start is required to reload Bridge
Hopefully this adds clarity to the issue.

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You may get better help in Bridge General Discussion
The Cloud forum is not about using individual programs
The Cloud forum is about the Cloud as a delivery & install process
If you will start at the Forums Index https://forums.adobe.com/welcome
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says All communities) to open the drop down list and scroll
If you are advised to uninstall and reinstall, read below
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1408331?tstart=0
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1398961?tstart=0
-and http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html
-using the cleaner after uninstalling and before reinstalling will usually help
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

Bridge is 'building criteria'....... I am sick of it.

is there anything else to browse a large (1000s of RAW files in each folder, 2-3 levels deep) image library FAST?
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You can use 'prefer embedded images' in Bridge. It's much faster than waiting for Camera Raw to generate thumbnails and previews.

Bridge CC - Stuck building criteria

I recently upgraded to the Adobe CC suite from the Adobe CS5 suite. Bridge CC was working fine until I upgraded my Mac to the new mac OS X version - Maverik. Since then, when I open Bridge CC the interface opens but none of the files respond to any interaction on my part (click, enter, etc.) A spining circle along with text that says "BUILDING CRITERIA" appears and remains churning. A dialouge box then appears and suggests that I purge the cache from the Bridge prefrence panel. When I do so, the prefrence panel and the entire interface lock up and will not respond to anything other than a force quite.
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Glad to hear you are somewhat back in business and yes, Cocktail is easy to use, good and cheap. It also can run on auto pilot to automate the tasks
Caching can take some time but that depends on many variables.
You should have a reasonable fast computer with enough RAM (1 GB is the minimum required but won't get you far, especially when you have other apps also running in the background.) so at least 4 GB is needed, preferable as much as you can store in your machine, RAM is very very cheap nowadays and you will profit a lot.
Then there is the disk space, for normal HD you need at least 20 % free space left, using SSD also is a lot faster.
The size and amount of the files is also an important factor, naturally large, big files take more time then smaller files.
However 6 files a minute would be more about 1,5 GB sized files and I don't suppose you are using that??
Under normal conditions with reasonable fast machine and normal Raw, dng and jpeg files 1 file per 1- 2 seconds would be more appropriate I would think. I use a Mac Pro with 32 GB RAM and SSD, and can not really even time the files while caching…
Be sure to have set the quality to Always HQ and don't use 'generate 100 % previews' because the latter is taking much time and very much space in the Cache folder.
It is very hard to check all things from distance, but for sure, the behavior you are describing is not normal, nor should your Mac go in sleep mode while Bridge is still active.
Just for testing, create a new user account and try if Bridge is still acting so slow. If not you should consider to use the OSX Recovery disk, but first back up and read the manual!

CS6 adobe bridge stuck on building criteria!!

can anyone tell me why bridge is permanently stuck on building criteria on my CS6 Adobe bridge - on my Mac
I never had this problem on my CS5 version. I never ever changed any of the default settings so something is seriously wrong with the default settings on CS6
for it to be stuck like this.
I have removed photoshop entirely and reinstalled it to try and see if i can tewak the options but it wont let me - i have to force quit to close the application
which seems to be building criteria for hours on end.
I have even left it for 24 hours to build the cache - but this did not help at all.
any ideas before i remove the whole thing and go back to using CS5!
thanks

Ask in the Bridge forum. Chances are your BridgeCache is corrupted and you simply need to delete it.
Work File Safety
Refer to the section on Bridge.
Mylenium

CS6 E Bridge Slow to load thumbnails, 'building criteria'

When Bridge opens on the folder it was last opened/closed in, it takes a long time to load, constantly 'building criteria' as if all the images are newly imported. I've searched the forums, have tried all the tweaks and settings, but it's still iceberg slow. Bridge CS5 is noticeably quicker, as if the cache info is being read immediately. CS6 is behaving as if the cache file has been deleted. It hasn't. I have tried the "flush the cache" to see if maybe it's corrupted. No joy. I have boosted cache size. No joy. I've compacted, automatically exported cache to folders, everything... Nothing seems to fix the snail slowness.
All Adobe updates have been applied.
i7-2600s @2.80GHz
8 gb DDRw ram
Nvidia GeForce GT420 1gb DDR3
6+ tbs hd space.

I could understand the glacial slowness if the beta version had also been so slow. Or if CS5 Bridge was also as slow.
Did not read this whole (long) thread but in general when a previous version of Bridge did work faster then the following this almost certainly is related to your system itself.
While building criteria in filter panel has a mind of its own and especially when opening a second window to fast (when first window is just finished caching or building filter panel) it may take ages. closing this window and open a new one usually succeeds.
However when this always takes a long time the problem seems related to the cache (most Bridge problems are...)
Purging cache using preferences or menu commands is not always the correct solution. Using Bridge CS5 and PS CS6 is also not the perfect solution.
If you can spare the time you should consider a proper back up of custom settings, actions tools, keywords, templates etc. and a complete reinstall.
I don't have the correct info for Windows and searching on Adobe.com isn't easy anymore. Here are some old Knowledge base articles (it's about CS4 but changes are locations are still the same)
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/move-actions-presets-workspaces-photoshop.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/preference-file-functions-names-locations-1.html
and also read about the Adobe Cleaner Tool and decide if this is an option for you.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
If you decide to reinstall:
Deactivate the software and use the official uninstaller that comes with the application itself and then use the clean tool for Adobe:
Double check if your Cache folder has been deleted (I'm on Mac, don't know the location for Windows but on Mac it is in the user library caches folder)
Install CS6 again. Obvious you have to set your custom preferences again and also need to recache your files but if you have a main folder with many subfolders containing the files just select the main folder and in the menu View select 'show items for subfolders' and let it do it's caching overnight.
In my experience every new version of CS has been faster and more stable (well, except the disaster CS3 version for Bridge...) then its predecessor.

I cannot use bridge it is stuck in building criteria.

Has anyone else noticed that Adobe is NO HELP AT ALL! I cannot get a person to assist me and I have been trying for 2 months! A refund would be great! I cannot use bridge it is stuck in building criteria. I have reinstalled on M AC and still NOTHING

These are user forums. Perhaps we can help with your problem.
First you need to visit the Bridge forums: Bridge General Discussion
Then state your problem clearly and give them some information about your system.
The more information you supply about your situation, the better equipped other community members will be to answer. Consider including the following in your question:
Adobe product and version number
Operating system and version number
The full text of any error message(s)
What you were doing when the problem occurred
Screenshots of the problem
Computer hardware, such as CPU; GPU; amount of RAM; etc.

Building Criteria fail

Adobe Bride CS5 is stuck in "Building Criteria". It won't finish and load thumbnails.

Hi there! Because the forum you originally posted in is for beginners trying to learn the basics of Photoshop, I moved your question to the Bridge General Discussion forum, where you'll get more specialized help.

Bridge freezes when renaming files

When I rename certain files or folders, Bridge freezes on this message:
Updating the cache for items within the folder recursively...
It doesn't happen with all files or folders, but I haven't been able to determine a pattern. I've also had issues with the previews associated with some files (I just get a gray box), so I'm thinking it's obviously a cache issue. I've cleared the cache multiple times with no success. Any ideas?
I'm running OSX 10.6.7 (which brought with it lovely bug in PDFs with PostScript-flavored OpenType fonts), which might be an issue. I'm also using Dropbox 0.7.110, with three other users...there are a whole lot of files in Dropbox that constantly update, so I can see how that might affect it to.

localproductions wrote:
…wonder what else it could be...
It could be Time Machine, Spotblight, Dropbox… especially the obnoxious, intrusive Time Machine.
Chris Cox, a top Adobe engineer who has been writing Photoshop code for some 15 years, recently wrote:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3732888#3732888
The players: Photoshop, Bridge, Dropbox, Time Machine, Spotlight, Finder
Photoshop
creates a temp file, writes to the temp file, and renames the temp to
replace the original file, plus gets stat on the files.
Bridge only reads the file, and writes to it's database.
Finder gets attributes on the file in the normal folders.
Dropbox
gets stat on the files from 2 different processes (Dropbox,
dbfseventsd), even outside it's directory, even in temporary
directories.
Spotlight (mdworker, mds) gets stat, and reads the
files, even in temporary directories, sometimes while the file is still
being written.
Time Machine (backupd) gets stats, reads the files, and sometimes sets attributes on the files, even in temporary directories.
Photoshop, Bridge and Finder are acting as expected.
While Dropbox and Spotlight are doing some excess work, they don't seem to cause file modifications.
But
Time Machine is doing things wrong and causing file modifications, plus
would fit with the "have the file open a long time" symptom.
and
on my own system I've confirmed that Dropbox and dbfseventsd will get stats on files outside the Dropbox folder.
Dropbox has some bugs to fix.
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CS3 Bridge Freezes

Can Anyone help with this problem?
After working ok for over a year, bridge has started giving problems. I can see my folders - but not all of them,
and when i try to open a folder to see the images bridge freezes up completely. I tried resetting but got the same result.
I have also tried downloading new images from a flsh card and these show up in bridge.
Any idea what I can try next?
Thanks

peternew wrote:
I don't understand the concept of central or distributed cache. I did not see how to set such options.
This option is in preferences/cache. There is a box "automatically export cache to folders when possible" This will put cache in the folders as well as in central cache location.
A year or so ago there were lots of posts where the computer just froze up/crashed even when doing nothing. Don't see that anymore. Don't know if people got newer computer or whether Adobe provide updates that addressed the problem.
One thing that you need look at is your anti-virus program. It can frequently cause problems. That may explain why all of a sudden you have it freeze up as it may be doing something. Try to temporaly disable it and see if problem continues.
The other thing, and this is a long shot, is it possible that the video card is working hard enough to overheat and shut down? I know some even have fans. Don't know how to check for this but perhaps some info on Nvida site.

Bridge freezes online - works offline

bridge freezes right after getting startet and remains in this stage
but once I disconnect from the internet it does work perfectly
- and freezes again as I connect to the internet
(LR & PH are doing fine !! - PC, Win7)
Does anyone know how to fix this?

Exact versions of Bridge and of Win 7, please. Also detailed machine specs.
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Note that this is boilerplate text.
If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CS6", but something like CS6v.13.0.6) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
A screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too,
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster, who is not a Windows user).
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0
Thanks!

Incomplete Photoshop window and Bridge freeze-up

I have just purchased a new imac: 2.66 i5, 4gb memory, ati radeon 4850 card, running the latest Leopard. (the base model 27``) Just installed CS4 and have not had any success using it. Bridge freezes up immediately when opened and I have to force quit. Photoshop opens and I can work on images, however the only thing that seems to open are the tool bars. I have yet to see if I can save an image or do any serious work on it. The central window where image view is retains whatever is on the screen from previous viewing with the working image overlayed, or just the desktop if no programs are running. I have done both the standard full install and a custom install, and I encounter the same issues. I have tried the script cleanup some have suggested, run every update I can find and nothing works.
I do keep all my images on a maxtor external hardrive I used w/ my PC. I thought there was a hardware conflict so I pulled some images to a folder on the mac, but still bridge freezes before I can open a single image.
My computer is only 2 weeks old and I have installed no other programs and this is my first mac.

I have just purchased a new imac: 2.66 i5, 4gb memory, ati radeon 4850 card, running the latest Leopard. (the base model 27``) Just installed CS4 and have not had any success using it. Bridge freezes up immediately when opened and I have to force quit. Photoshop opens and I can work on images, however the only thing that seems to open are the tool bars. I have yet to see if I can save an image or do any serious work on it. The central window where image view is retains whatever is on the screen from previous viewing with the working image overlayed, or just the desktop if no programs are running. I have done both the standard full install and a custom install, and I encounter the same issues. I have tried the script cleanup some have suggested, run every update I can find and nothing works.
I do keep all my images on a maxtor external hardrive I used w/ my PC. I thought there was a hardware conflict so I pulled some images to a folder on the mac, but still bridge freezes before I can open a single image.
My computer is only 2 weeks old and I have installed no other programs and this is my first mac.

Bridge Freeze

Bridge opens with a message "Bridge encountered a problem and is unable to read the cache. Please try purging the central cache in Cache Preferences to correct the situation." When I attempt to purge the cache, Bridge freezes.

See post #6 of this thread. http://forums.adobe.com/message/5223112

Bridge CC just stopped working on my MAC. Was working perfectly for a while and I haven't done anything different that I know of. When I try to load a folder it says " building criteria" and never does load. Please help!

Please help me figure out why bridge isn't working! I'm pretty computer illiterate, so step by step guidance would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

You may get better help in Bridge General Discussion
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Bridge Freezing, Not Displaying Thumbnails, Says Disk Space is Low and to Purge Cache

Hello,
I'm working in Bridge CS5 on a Mac 0S X version 10.9.2. I have 12 GB of RAM and the server has 240 TB capacity, 76.69 available.
Recently I've received the following error message while processing large photo shoots with both DNG and JPEG files: Bridge is running low on memory. It is recommended that Bridge is restarted.
I have also been manually caching large photo shoots and my cache preferences were set to Keep 100% Preview In Cache and Automatically Export Cache To Folder When Possible. My cache size was set to 500,000. Yesterday, Bridge started to freeze while attempting to open folders. The wheel would spin at the bottom with the message Compiling Criteria. The only way to close Bridge was a Force Quit. This happened several times.
Today, image thumbnails will no longer display, only the DNG/JPEG icons. I received the following error message:
I have tried restarting Bridge while holding the alt/Option key to reset the preferences and checking all three boxes - no luck. I have done the same thing with the boxes unchecked - no luck. I have tried manually purging the cache from its location in the library - no luck. I have tried resetting the cache preferences from the toolbar - no luck. I have tried deleting the cache files from the folders - nothing changes. I have tried purging the cache for each folder from the tool bar - nothing happens.
I need to restore the thumbnails and rebuild the cache for each folder. Does anybody have an idea what is wrong or how to help?
Many Thanks!

Okay, so I have a solution. If after purging the central cache on the server Bridge continues to not perform normally try emptying the trash. I did this and it worked.

Bridge freezes - Building Criteria

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