No preview for autocad dwg files (bridge CS4)

hello!
my computer is:
windows 7 / x64 / nividia 9600GT
with my new computer we switched from CS3 to adobe CS4 products. (illustrator / PS)
unfortunately i can't see previews of autocad dwg files anymore. (very important for my work).
the .dwg files show up only as an autocad icon.
we installed autocad 2010. but i think this is not the case, because bridge does not make previews for autocad 2009 files either.
windows 7 makes correct previews.
funny - bridge opens illustrator CS4 as default for .dwg files.
in the preferences "file type association" autocad as a software is missing. i have to browse to the autocad.exe program.
the default association was illustrator...
is this the case for not making a preview? the "old" computer was a - win xp / 32bit - the preview in CS3 was there.
i did not have to browse for the "file type association". autocad was a choosable entity.
any comment on that would be fine...
thanks in advance.

thanks for this quick reply...
we have "Lightroom" not installed. because we don't own this product...
our installation is only "Illustrator CS4" and "PS CS4". and "Bridge CS4" of course.
in the attachement you see the "File Type Association" process.
Bridge knows only "Illustrator" and "PS". I had to browse to the autocad.exe file (AutoCAD Application R18.0).
the other attachement shows the Autocad "icon" and the Illustrator preview / .jpg preview in Bridge.
again:
"Windows 7" knows Autocad files. it does a preview of the .dwg /.dxf files correct.

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