Cannot initialize Photoshop due to program error

My Mac OS is 10.9.4, I've updated to Photoshop CC 2014, at first it was working fine, now I get the "cannot initialize Photoshop due to program error". I've uninstalled, reinstalled, ran disk utilities from the recovery hd, ran onyx, ran fontnuke, reinstalled photoshop from a time machine backup, reinstalled Mavericks OS and I still get the same error message. Any thought? Any ideas?

Thank you for pointing that out.
It should be added that this action is what is generally known as Resetting Photoshop Preferences and is the usual method for dealing with unusal behaviour when all obvious remedies have failed.
It is more fully documented in the FAQ: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
It is useful to keep a "good" copy of the content of the Settings folder in a separate location on the computer, This can be copied back after a reset to save having to get your individual preferences how you like them.

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