Lightroom has stopped showing thumbnails on Import. How do I get my previews back?

My Lightroom (5.3) has stopped showing previews on Import.  I can still see older Imports in Library but my latest Imports are just grey boxes.  I can open the boxes in Develop and these stay as previews for up to 3 thumbnails in Library before disappearing again.  I have tried reinstalling Lightroom 5.  I have checked my sRGB.  It is the same problem with different cards and different external drives.
How can I get my Library to show Preview thumbnails once more?  Thanks, Angus

Could it be that the Camera Software is installed and it got Updated?
-Sometimes it happens that the "autoplay" uses the Codec for recognizing the files, and When Lightroom tries to do the same the files are in use, so it can not generate Previews/Thumbnails.
Do you get the same result if you Try to Import from Safe Boot?
- It could be that there is some software installed that now also manages during startup, also preventing Lightroom to Generate the Previews.
Have you tested with a new Catalog, do you get the same behavior there?
Also it might be far fetched, but incase you haven't seen it it might help you on the issue:
- http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/photos-appear-black-gray-rectangles.html
Hopefully this will help to resolve the issue.

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