"Error: PARM" in Illustrator CS4?

Just loaded CS4 on Snow Leopard (legally) and I'm getting the following error when I try to re-size anything (using Command, Shift, drag):
Bounding Box or Free Transform encountered an unknown error. Error: PARM
This is making it really hard to get anything done.
Help!!!!

Cizzer,
Three years ago, on this day, an identical issue was solved on a Win PC in this way: Move the folder (deleting the preferences was not enough).

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