Adobe Software Crashing

Hi there, I've recently found a problem with all my Adobe porgrams (all part of the master collection) Everytime i open any of the programs, i get the dreaded "spiral of death" loading wheel and the program crashs!  any ideas why this could be? thanks in advance!

Hi,
Try performing the steps given in the following link:
http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/hang-freeze-open-create-file.html
Rachit

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