Bridge CS3 Crashes upon start-up...after a few seconds

Question

Was working fine....then suddenly crashes upon start-up either from within PS (browse) or from launching it.  Same error message.  Reloaded photoshop software, restarted...same problem.  Tried resetting preferences (clicked all three reset boxes).  No change.  Did not add or mod any software that I know of.  Running Vista.  Has been working fine up until a couple days ago.  Any help suggestions?
Error message
Problem signature:Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Bridge.exe
Application Version: 2.1.1.9
Application Timestamp: 472fecc7
Fault Module Name: AdobeOLS.dll
Fault Module Version: 3.0.8.13
Fault Module Timestamp: 45abff59
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000a215
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
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Answer 1

That is very odd that Bridge still crashes after reseting the preferences. That ususlly does the trick.
Do you use just central or distributed cache (export cqche to folder)?  Purging the cache does not do anything to the distributed cache.  You have to do that manually acording to the adobe document.
Might want to read the adobe document on reseting preferences.
If you look at the photo folders that you were last working on with Windows Explorer do you see any thumbnails that don't display, or any other odd thing that might indicate a corrupt file?