Cs4 fails to start

Hi All
The last time l used Premiere cs4 was 4 days ago, without any problem. Today l went to start PP, a message popped up saying Ädobe Premiere Pro was unable to communicate with the process Ïmporter Process Service"restarting your computer may fix this problem. I did, and it has not. l've searched this forum and although it comes up with a few hits they are not related to not even able to start PP. My computer, Vista 64 has upgraded with auto update 2 days ago, that would be the only thing installed since l last used PP. The Adobe Production Premium has not given me one moment of problem, till now, and l normally use it everyday in my business. Do you think l'll require a re-install or is there an idea out there that l can't see or find. thanks so much for any help that you can give. I'm using Windows Vista 64 with PP 4.0.1 as l said no problems with PP up to now.
Thanks.
Simon Allan

Hi John T Smith, thanks for your reply, l even tried deleting the prefs and tried to start the program and watched as these files were recreated on the 2nd monitor, alas no joy, there is a file there named "Importer Process Service" which must have become corrupted. I bit the bullet and uninstalled PP and then did a install of PP. I'm happy to say that after doing all the updates for AME & PP all works again as should. I must say l was a little nervous reinstalling but all went well. Thanks again for your advise.
Tod, Thanks for your input, my mistake when posting, l was on the latest version 4.2.1 just could not remember the version even when it does come up everytime PP starts.
Thanks for your help.
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