No thumbnails in Bridge CS3

I am working with CS 3 and Camera Raw 4.6. In PS RAW files can be opened and processed, but in Bridge I do not see the thumbnails. Instead, only small file icons appear with the file name at the bottom. Reinstalling Camera Raw did not help - any ideas what is wrong? The RAW converter file is installed correctly as described by Adobe

>By "RAW converter file" I mean the plug-in that I downloaded from the Adobe homepage.
That's unclear. Both the DNG Converter and the Camera Raw Plug-in can be downloaded from the Adbe downloads page. :/
You want the Camera Raw
plug-in, not the DNG
Converter.
Did you remove the old Camera Raw plug-in when you updated to ACR 4.6? Are you sure you are in the ROOT LEVEL Library and not your user Library?
Also, I'm assuming you quit both Photoshop
and
Bridge before updating, then re-launched both applications afterwards?
Purge the Cache for each offending folder through the Tools menu in Bridge.

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If I save a Camera Raw manipulated image as a COMPRESSED (LOSSLESS) DNG file it appears back in CS3 Bridge as a DNG Icon and not as a thumbnail.
Is there a reason for this and can I get the saved file to appear as a thumbnail.
Many thanks

Bridge 2.x, the one that comes with CS3, is easily the worst piece of software ever released by Adobe or any other major company, in my view. It should have been fixed for free, but it wasn't.
Cache management is extremely poor in Bridge CS3. Purge the Cache for the offending folders through the Tools menu in Bridge. DO NOT use the global purge command in Bridge preferences.
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ANy tipps?
I reinstalled until now two times without any success

Hi Jim,
I will check if I have another version in place. Maybe now I get a problem because I use Bridge for viewing the new pictures, classifying by tags. For searches later on I have Photoshop elements because of it´s fast database. For PSE I now need Version 7 with Camera Raw 5.2, for Bridge and CS3 (more complex actions for improving my pictures) I had to install ACR 4.6.
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>Is too much asked if you send me the upgrate for Bridge
To be honest, yes it is :-(
The Bridge update is 58,9 MB and the PSCS3 upgrade is 170 MB
E-mail can only send attachments from max 10 MB. If you have an ftp-account you can sent me the log in using my e-mail adress that is under my profile (double click on my name). I can use the ftp route to sent them to you.
Since we are in the same country and I can reach the updates without problems I give you the direct links so you can try once more:
PSCS3 10.0.1:
International version main page:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=39&platform=Macintosh
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http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3778
Bridge 2.1.1.9:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3813
You must have an Adobe Account but since you can answer in this forum you already should have one that you can use for it. otherwise create a (free) account :-)
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Sounds like you need the ACR or Photoshop or Bridge fora. select from this link:-
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop?view=overview
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http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407110.html

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