Flash CS4 won't publish file

Export, and publish (including the preview keyboard shortcut) have suddenly stopped working. The problem has affected two recently created files but older files work as normal. When I publish or preview a file the export panel appears but then flash freezes and I have to force quit the application. I tried to save the file as a CS3 file and this caused the application to freeze in the same way. I re-installed and used clean script but this didn't work. I'm using an iMac (intel) 5,1 model with OS X 5.5.7. Has anyone encountered similar problems and if so how were they resolved?

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