"Unknown column 'type' in 'field list' query" when building a simple File view

I get the following error when trying to create a simple file view from an imagefield:
Unknown column 'type' in 'field list' query...
views/includes/view.inc on line 771.
As described in http://drupal.org/node/804704
"This looks like CCK's handler adding its fields so it knows the node type but a 'files' view won't have a node type."
"I think this is actually caused by CCK, not FileField or ImageField. CCK provides FileField's basic Views handling, and in this case I believe it's trying to get the node type, which isn't available."