Copying image into illustrator only shows filetype

[Mareile5F99]

Hello, I cant copy and paste an image into illustrator anymore. If I try (cmd+c and then cmd+v) it looks like this:  

However, drag and drop works. I already reset preferences and turned my laptop off and back on. Any advise please? 

[Ton Frederiks]

Which Illustrator version and MacOS version?

[Mareile5F99]

MacOS Catalina, Version 10.15.7 

Illustrator: 25.0.1

[Ton Frederiks]

So, you select a file in the finder , do a copy and paste?

I never knew that could be a possible way to place a file, and it does not work for me (on Mojave)

[Mareile5F99]

Originally I would copy for example an image on my desktop and paste it into illustrator and the image would be shown.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

Maybe with an older system, I tried CS6 with the same result; an icon