Could not initialize photoshop because there is not enough memory (RAM) CS4

I just recently started receiving this error, "could not initialize photoshop because there is not enough memory (RAM)". So I thought doing an uninstall and a reinstall of Photoshop would cure it. No such luck though. I have 8 gigs of ram, so I hardly think not enough ram is an issue. I have a MacBook Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, 8GB of ram, 750 GB hard drive. Any ideas?

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As with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems you might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences you’ve changed) by pressing command-alt-shift on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.
System Maintenance (repairing permissions, purging PRAM, running cron-scripts, cleaning caches, etc.) might also be beneficial, Onyx has been recommended for such tasks.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html
Weeding out bad fonts never seems to be a bad idea, either. (Validate your fonts in Font Book and remove the bad ones.)
If 3rd party plug-ins are installed try disabling them to verify if one of those may be responsible for the problem.

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