Encore CS3 won't start through Premiere or directly

I recently installed Premiere Pro CS3 with Encore. I completed a short highlight video that I was working on, and attempted to export to Encore. After I selected the direct burn option in Premiere, the video converted alright, and then (I assume from the description in the settings window) Encore tried to open to burn the video to DVD. There was a blank DVD in my drive at the time I did so, if that matters. After waiting 5 mins or so, all I saw was a white window in the middle of screen, and my cursor in 'working in the background' mode. I force quit out of Encore, and attempted to start it directly without any further luck. When trying to start it directly, I saw no white window, but the program was running in task manager, as it was when it tried to run through Premiere.
I'm doing all of this on a brand new machine:
AMD Phemom X4 Quad Core 2.3ghz
8GB DDR2
ATI Radeon HD 3200
Vista SP1
I can provide more information if needed. Thanks in advance.

The first thing that I would do is apply the detective work in this ARTICLE to see if there is some systemic issue. Be very sure to follow any links in any error/warning message at the time that Encore fails. Matter of fact, I would launch Encore, and then follow the tips in the article, to make sure that things were current.
If there are no clues, then I'd try a Repair Install, in hopes that a missing, or corrupt .dll, or similar, would be replaced, or reparied.
I've seen very few instances of Encore not launching, especially as a stand-alone.
Good luck,
Hunt

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