After Effects CS6 - Font Dictionary Cant Be Read

When I try and open CS6 I get a box that reads
After Effects warning: The font dictionary can't be read.
Please restart your computer.
If this problem persists, please go to
http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_fonterror
( 83 :: 4 )
Sorry there is not alot of info
I have tried restarting, uninstalling doing what it says on above and deleteing the adobefnt files and still can't get it to work
If anyone knows any fix to this it would be great.

As Todd said, 99% odf the time such errors are casued by "bad" fonts (freeware fonts, legacy fonts). Remove them and see if it makes a difference.
Mylenium

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Your problem is that the program wants a good video card and a fast hard drive and lots of memory and you have none of the above. If you upgraded the RAM to 8 gigs and installed a solid state hard drive you might make the program useable but the real bottleneck is going to be the Intel HD graphics, which cannot be upgraded.
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