Element's 6.0's Bridge does not open - says application "unexpectedly quit"

Hello. I am unable to open Bridge CS3, which came with my Elements 6.0 for Mac software that I purchased brand new a month ago for my new MacBookPro.
The program was working fine until a couple of days ago when, while uploading images to my Smugmug account (which I had done many times before, with this particular program and the new computer), it completely froze and I had to hard-quit it. Now, I am simply unable to open Bridge, and I get instead this message when I try to do so: "The application Bridge CS3 has unexpectedly quit."
I am new to this forum and I'm not an expert in Photoshop at all, so I'd like to see if anyone has any thoughts on what I should do?
I've done google searches and some people suggest downloading the latest updates to my particular program, but I can't find Elements 6.0 in the updates section of the Adobe website (I can only find Elements 8.0), and since I can't open Bridge, I am unable to try to get updates through the program itself.
I will appreciate some advice on this. Thanks.
Rob
Arlington, VA

Try resetting your Adobe Bridge preference files. I think on the Mac you can just press and hold in the Option key as you launch Bridge to get the preference dialog to come up. (Windows will do it with the Ctrl key.)
If the Option key shortcut is incorrect, press Command + Option + Shift keys as you launch. If you prefer to do this manually:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/332/332992.html
If a reset of the preference file alone doesn't work, I'd check all of the Bridge boxes in the reset dialog and attempt to launch Bridge again.
I believe Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac includes the same Bridge application as CS3 so I think you should download the update for CS3 Bridge if you prefer to do it manually.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=108&platform=Macintosh
If these suggestions don't work, I'd recommend asking in the Bridge for Mac forum.
http://forums.adobe.com/community/bridge/bridge_macintosh

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