Can't open Captivate

Hi there
I've been using Captivate 2 for a couple of months (off and
on) and suddenly this morning, Captivate won't open. I get a
message saying "Captivate has generated errors and must be closed
by windows. You must restart the program. An error log is being
created."
I uninstalled the program and reinstalled. Same problem. Any
ideas? Although I'm sure this is too complicated to do on here, I
thought I'd see if there was an easy answer to this first.

Hi everyone
Thanks for all if your help. I was finally able to correct
the problem with the help of our IT department. We run from a
network here and apparently we use roaming profiles--I'm not techie
enough to know how this affects the program, but my profile got
messed up (that's what they think, anyway) and caused Captivate to
generate errors. After blowing away my profile completely and
starting from scratch, I was finally able to start up the program
again. I'm sorry I can't detail more about the program (due to my
lack of knowledge) but if you are working with networks and
experiencing this problem, check into your profile.

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