Any ideas how to deal with "An error occurred when attempting to change modules."

Trying to use Lightroom 5; get this message every time I begin. "An error occurred when attempting to change modules," and that's all the further the app will go. Very sad, but WHAT IS THE ERROR? I've uninstalled and reinstalled it four or five times -- a couple through Creative Cloud/Application Manager and a couple by direct download .dmg. I've removed preferences, etc., reinstalled Creative Cloud Desktop, repaired permissions, appealed to the Lord, wished on a dandelion. Nothing.
Searching for the error I find no information anywhere in the last week or month, and beyond that nothing that applies to version 5.
I'm on a 2012 Macbook Air (Intel i5), OS 10.8.4, 4GB RAM, plenty of disk space and Camera Raw 8.1 installed if that matters.
Little help? Thanks.

See here: http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/error-changing-modules-lightroom.html
See here for where to find the Preference file for your OS: http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-locations-lightroo m-4.html
See here for how to go about Replacing the Preference File: http://lightroomers.com/replacing-the-lightroom-preference-file/745/

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