Lightroom 5 won't import new photos

I have Lightroom 5 installed on a Dell desktop running Windows 8. LR 5 won't import any files - they just don't appear in the LR browser. Photos already in the catalog appear as expected. I still have LR 4 installed and the same photos import as expected. The same photos are read as well in Photoshop CS6 and Elements 10. The latest video drivers are installed. As a result, LR 5 is unusable. Are there any suggestion as to how to make Lightroom 5 import photos?

I found my own soluition to this LR5 bug. After initiating the import dialog and selecting the files with the import browser I open the Destination location and the previews pop up. LR5 is again usable.

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