Raw files showing only as icons in bridge

This is a recent problem for me. The raw files in question are ".pef" files from a Pentax k100d that I've had for quite some time.
I started having a problem with Bridge crashing on me. In trying to solve that problem, I started Bridge by holding down the crtl key and choosing the three option to reset preferences and purge cache. Since doing this, all my thumbnails have disappeared and I can't get them back. I've read and found the appropriate locations for the camera raw plugins:
I am running 64 bit Vista. I have CS4 and found that the latest version of Camera Raw that I could install was version 5.7. I found the install instructions on the Adobe site. As it told me to do, I downloaded the zip file for version 5.7 and extracted. I moved the Camera Raw.8bi file from the top directory into C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS4\File Formats and moved the Camera Raw.8bi file from the Win64 folder into C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS4\File Formats.
I also found the 5.7 Camera Raw installer and ran that. I am still having the same problem.
I have spent the better part of two days googling and trying to figure out what I am doing wrong.
I've tried moving all my cache files and letting them regenerate. I've purged the cache several times. Nothing I do works.
I do notice that when I go to a directory of photos that I have not been to in a while, I see the thumbnail for a brief moment. It quickly disappears and the flower icon appears.
Do I need to re-install Bridge? Do I have to uninstall first? I can't do that separate from Photoshop can I?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I tried all of those options: Prefer Embedded, High Quality on Demand, Always High Quality with every combination of Generate 100% previews. Still nothing
I searched for all the instances of the camera raw file and it found 4 versions of the file 2 associated with CS4 and 2 associated with Photoshop Elements that I used a couple of years ago.
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is AC76-58A7
Directory of C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS4\File Formats
08/20/2011 05:58 PM        14,228,432 Camera Raw.8bi
               1 File(s)     14,228,432 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 5.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats
07/02/2009 08:53 PM        10,379,264 Camera Raw.8bi
               1 File(s)     10,379,264 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 5.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats\save
09/14/2006 07:56 AM         5,337,088 Camera Raw.8bi
               1 File(s)      5,337,088 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CS4\File Formats
08/20/2011 05:57 PM        11,632,592 Camera Raw.8bi
               1 File(s)     11,632,592 bytes
     Total Files Listed:
               4 File(s)     41,577,376 bytes
               0 Dir(s) 124,286,648,320 bytes free

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