Can I force Photoshop CC to regenerate preview images?

I have a photoshop file that seems to have corrupted preview images. When I look at the file in bridge I only see a photoshop icon. I have tried the following solutions, all unsuccessfully:
    clearing the bridge thumbnail cache
     saving the file as a copy in photoshop.
     restarting my system
Photoshop CC 64, Bridge CC 64, Windows 7 64bit
Preferences->File Saving Options-> Image Previews is Always Save
Any other suggestions?

This doesn't seem to solve the problem as the new file also does not show a preview image.
Puzzling indeed!
I did notice, however, that most metadata also appeared to be gone (bridge reported no color profile,
or pixel dimensions for example). This suggested an alternative approach. I opened the original .dng
file again and then copied the layers from the damaged .psd per this suggestion. When saved, there was
a preview! However, it was only a preview of the base conversion. No matter what layers are visible when
the file is saved, the preview doesn't change. Still not right. I hesitate to continue to work with an obviously
corrupted file.

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