CS3 freezes at Adobe Design Suite window upon loading

All of a sudden on both my macs running OSX 10.7.5, I can't load any of my CS3 programs. My computer keeps freezing on the window titled "Adobe Design Suite Standard CS3". The window below is blank and the only active button is the yellow one, not the red or green. I have tried restarting several times to no avail. Anybody know what is happening? Should I try reinstalling the entire suite on both my computers? Thanks for any assistance.

Hi KJess,
Did you install any new updates that might have caused this? When was the last time that it was working fine?
Try launching the app in Mac's safe mode and check.
Are you not able to launch any of the application from the Design standard Suite?
In case you still face issues consider removing the program and reloading it,

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