"an error occurred while attempting to change modules" when launching lightroom

I get the message  "an error occurred while attempting to change modules" when I launch the app on my mac.
Every other adobe app works like Photoshop
I have followed all the troubling shooting steps in the link below, not one of them makes anything different. Except I tried the last one. I created a new account, simply logged in and launched the app and everything ran normally. No problem. However it doesn't say what to do if that works it just says try it.
Error changing modules | Lightroom
Obviously this means its going to be an issue with a support file in the one user account but what one?
I also can't un install lightroom either, when I go to the creative cloud plug in on my menu bar the uninstall says its unavailable but the others are fine.
Any ideas?

I just found the answer for me.
I did step 5 on this support article:
Troubleshoot unexpected behavior | User account-specific | Adobe software | Mac OS
It is to repair the permissions on the hidden Library folders.

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