Lightroom not importing photos.  Gray box appears.

I was tethering to Lightroom and suddenly the program failed to import photos.  All that would come up was a gray box.  I tired everything.  I re-started the program, my computer, my camera.  2 days later, and I still cannot get an image to show up in Lightroom.  Any advice?

Thanks Keith,
I talked to a support person, and it turns out that my cache was the problem.  He re-named it and I am back in business.  Thank you for your help!

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