Why does my photoshop cs4 shut down

My photoshop has worked fine for 2 years now it won't open files.  I get a pop up screen from microsoft to send an error report about cs4 shutting down.  I can not open anything.  I even went to preferences so I could uninstall but it won't let me choose general pref without shutting itself down.  I tried reinstalling anyway and no help.

Clear your preferences file and try to see if there's any progress. This should help you. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776

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