My thumbnail previews are all horizontal in bridge

All of my thumbnail previews are horizontal in bridge - this is a new problem.  I'm using CS5.  Previously they were previewing just fine.  If I go through each folder and reapply my metadata, the previews correct themselves, but I shouldn't have to do this every time I use bridge.  I've searched through preferences and can't find a solution.  Any ideas?

I don't really know anything about cache management in Bridge. 
Let it be some comfort to you that almost everybody (including me) can say the same...
Maybe I'm just using it much more than I used to.
That should not matter but unfortunately it seems related. Compared to Tai Lao I seem to have very clean work because I don't need to wash my hands that often but it is a fact that Cache is still not easy to manage.
Luckily each new version seems to handle cache in a better way but I have to admit that every now and then I also start with a fresh empty cache folder to avoid problems. In CS3 this was about every 4 to 6 weeks but in CS5 I only do it a few times a year depending on the size the cache file has grown.
I use cache a lot and mostly the size of my cache file is 25 GB +. Every now and then I use Compact Cache. Just tried it again and the current 43 GB size was reduced to 29 GB but that is still a lot of space. Hence some 'spring cleaning' every now and then.

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