Illustrator Bonding Box or Free Transform Encounter-Unknown Error PARM

Hi,
I'm working in CS5 illustrtor on a Mac the error message I keep getting when trying to scale a Bounding box is "Bounding Box or Free Transform encountered an unknown error:" PARM
Please help! I really don't know what to do. I saw some replys on this but I don't really understand exactly what to do. The statement was that it might be corrupted and need to restart and hold down some buttons on restart? Does that mean when I start up the machine or the program, am I to hold down cmd+opt+shift? I am assuming that crl+opt+shift is for a pc? Also I'm not sure about moving the folder, what's that all about, it stated something like: illy is not to be used or should be off, something like that I don't remember exactly. I need a little bit more information on all this…I'm kind of learning all this and I would like a clarification or instruction on this, if possible. Thanks so much for your help.
lyndee

Thanks Scott,
Your advice did the Trick! Just wondering and assuming…if I have this kind of problem in any of the other Adobe CS5 programs, this would work as well?…Yes?
Thanks again for your time to answer my questions.
Lyndee

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     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:136)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:99)

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James,
Depending on the urgency of your plight, you may await some cleverer suggestions, or read on.
When seems to be wrong for no apparent reason, and it is not limited to certain (existing) documents, you may consider the following (you may have tried/done some of them already) and see whether it helps, unless someone comes up with a cleverer suggestion.
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file; 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences:
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder Other options (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool, and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Free Transform in Illustrator CS4

Hello,
I'm using CS4 and am having trouble with the free distort tool.
I didn't even know it existed until I googled it and have always instead pasted what I wanted into PS, rasterized it, distorted it, then pasted it back into illustrator and traced it with the new perspective.
I'm trying to follow this tutorial-
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/14.0/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-646da.htm l
However, when I select my object(s), then use the free transform, all it does it change the whole size as if i'm using the resize tool.
I tried selecting all of the objects as individuals, putting them in a group, and even making the whole thing into (1) large compound path and it's still doing the same thing every time.
Holding the various keys it mentions do nothing except change the point at which the resize is occuring (from lower right to center and so on)
Using the free distort tool under effects does not change where my anchor points are. Ideally, I'd like to move those as well while free transforming, though perhaps I'm just wishing the program could do more than it can?
Hopefully someone can help me do what I want.
I'd like to go from point A to point B as shown here-
http://i44.tinypic.com/msgj75.jpg
but without the use of pasting into photoshop to do it.
Thanks!

Okay, so by holding the shift/ctrl/alt option, I was able to start seeing perspective distorting with your help. However it always moves (2) handles (right or left) depending on which side I'm on. Am I correct in assuming that that's just the way that tool works unless I use free distort in effects? I want a literal FREE transformation like in PS to achieve the look as I've shown it, and have all of my anchor points move as well.

Illustrator Bonding Box or Free Transform Encounter-Unknown Error PARM

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