Photoshop CS3 quits

Hi all
In my workstation when i try to open Photoshop CS3 it open and quits immediately.
This happens frequently in my Mac
Anyone Pls give a solution for this.

This happen to me whenever I do an upgrade to the application or the OS and they are not compatible.  Make sure you are using the latest versions of both your OS and the application.  Although just notice this is CS3 so not sure how high up the Mac OS is capable with CS3  That maybe an issue asa well. 

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