Error Message - "could not complete your request because the preset contains invalid data"

I am trying to open a file, and every time I do it comes up with the following error message:
"Could not complete your request because the preset contains invalid data"
I am using Photoshop CS4 on a Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.2.
I have tried:
- restarting my mac
- opening different files created at different times
- deleting photoshop from my app folder and the app support folder from my /username/library/application support/adobe/ folder and copied them back from a Time Machine backup from a few days ago.
I was using Photoshop all day today with absolutely no problems. I have searched Google and this forum and have come up short. No one has this exact error anywhere.
Any help? Thanks so much in advance!
Pat Dryburgh

The one thing you didn't do is reset your Photoshop preferences.
Most likely the preferences got corrupted, and reference a corrupt preset.

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