Adobe Bridge will not open

I get a dialog box like the one below when I try and open bridge on an iMac running 10.7.2
When I updated to Lion I did a complete format and reinstall of all programs.

restarted and no luck.
Sorry to hear that, did you get the latest updates for CS5.5 en what Camera Raw Plug-in do you have, there were severe problems with ACR 6.5
You could also try this:
In the user library (by default hidden in 10.7, do a google search to bring it in view) preferences folder there is a plist file for Bridge (com.adobe.bridge4.plist) and in the same library is a Caches folder (caches/ Adobe/ Bridge CS5) containing Cache and Adobe Plug in cache. Drag the plist file and both cache file to the trash, start Bridge again with holding down option key and again choose reset preferences.
And how do you start Bridge?

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