Bridge 2020 and Bridge 2021 don't Generate or Display Thumbnails
I've been using Bridge 2018 and 2019 successfully but decided to upgrade 2019, the only one that would continue to allow Camera Raw Usage, because of a bug. I upgraded to the latest Bridge 2021 (11.0.1) and also 10.1.1 which I hadn't used yet. The results of this upgrade border on UNBELIEVABLE. Neither of these latest versions of Bridge have an inclination to produce thumbnails of my Nikon D810 .NEF raw files. And yes I have the latest ACR with it's lame new interface installed.
I've got the file association in Bridge set to Photoshop 2021 for these raw files, I've deleted my entire cache, I've reset work spaces. I've rebooted and still neither of these versions of Bridge has any idea that Camera Raw even exists. (The Camera Raw Settings menu option is GREYED OUT).
Two hours of useful production time along with multiple Gb of photo cache is gone. I've read all about this problem in the message boards. We're all having problems like this, yet it just continues to happen. Here's an idea: Instead of greying out the Camera Raw Settings, why not give us a menu prompt to modify the Bridge settings to alleviate whatever problem exists? Bridge is of course useless without CR, so why allow it to start up and run without it Adobe?
After two hours, I'm back to using Bridge 2019 and the bug, and wondering if the day is coming when I can no longer get any of this stuff to work anymore. And by the way I've been using Photoshop for about 15 years now. It can happen to anyone.
