Why does Bridge CS5.1 hang on load?

Question

Hello.
I recently installed an SSD in my i5 2.4GHZ Macbook Pro 15" (8GB RAM, Lion 10.7.3), formatted, installed and updated Lion, and then installed CS5.5  So nothing out of the ordinary.  Everything is fine (Lightroom 4 is so slow I can't use it) apart from Bridge, which loads and appears to be working, but the GUI hangs.  I've tried Option-clicking from the dock and resetting everything, I've tried uninstalling and re-installing.  Mini bridge in Photoshop runs perfectly.
As an example of what is happening, I load Bridge and click on 'Pictures' in the Favourites tab.  The title bar will reflect this but the blue highlight selection will not change, and the main panel will not show anything.  If I leave it for 15-20 minutes it will be as I'd expect.
This only happens on my MBP, and only since installing the SSD.  Every other app runs much faster now (again, apart from Lightroom 4 which is useless in it's current state).  I've run Apple diagnostic tools etc, nothing found.
Anyway, it's not a major deal as I can use the Finder for now, but it's bugging me.
Cheers.
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Answer 1

This only happens on my MBP, and only since installing the SSD.  Every other app runs much faster now (again, apart from Lightroom 4 which is useless in it's current state).  I've run Apple diagnostic tools etc, nothing found.
Use the folder panel and choose the Pictures folder. See if this speeds things up. It normally should appear within seconds, sometimes building the filter panel takes a bit longer.
Have you also tried to purge the cache for your pictures folder, select it in the folder panel, choose menu tool/cache/ purge cache for folder and let it build the cache again. Check if the problem is gone.