Cannot Open Camera RAW files: Do I need to reinstall PS?

Hello,
I reinstalled PS today after I got my computer back from the repair shop.
Now it will not open RAW files.
I get the following error message:
Any thoughts on what might be going on? I realize this is an Apple screen shot, but I think this might be platform independent. I'm posting my question there as well.
Thanks,
Matt Dubuque

Hello, thanks for being so very helpful!
I'm typing from another computer, so I can't immediately check which version of Camera RAW I am using. But I updated Photoshop in what I believe is the best way, recommended on all the readme files of Adobe.
I went to Help/Updates, clicked on it and was automatically routed to the latest and greatest updates.
And my camera is a Canon 5D, so my best judgment is that even if it were not the VERY latest it would still be sufficient; many of the RAW updates have substantially been the addition of other, newer cameras to the list of supported hardware and mine has been supported for at least a year, before CS5 arrive.
I know that that a great big part of the problem is within Photoshop. This is because my settings on the Image Processor are always for 1920 x 1080. And when I run the Image Processor with these settings and then check my Destination folder where I have chosen to batch my new and improved downsized images to are ALL incorrectly sized to 1620 x 1080.
So the problem is contained within the Photoshop module, or at least I have to solve that aspect before I go on to further troubleshooting.
I have an academic discount so I've decided, because this seems to be a profoundly difficult problem to resolve promptly in view of my film submittal deadline, to purchase another full version of Photoshop for Windows, use it on my Windows machine, resize everything there and then export those .psd files on a thumb drive over to my Mac Pro.
(I have all my key photos also on a Windows machine as a backup).
It had not occurred to me until this morning that this approach will probably work.
I've marked you as "answering" this question and I very much am thankful that you have helped me.
Matt Dubuque
100 Trees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPUp1m1pLA
PS: The film is shot in 1920 x 1080 HD, so I need to make all the photos fit within that "frame" on the Premiere timeline.

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