Illustrator crashes on open or create new file

Illustrator CS4 (on Mac 10.5.8) crashes every time I try to create a new file or open an existing AI file.
I've read a number of threads on here, related to similar problems, and did the following (in this order):
deleted the font cache --> didn't help
resolved duplicate fonts --> didn't help
deleted the Illustrator preferences folder/files --> didn't help
created a new user account and opened Illustrator --> Illustrator WORKS
Illustrator seems to work just fine in the new user account I created, yay! But, I want it to work in my user account.
Are there preferences, settings, files, applications I need to check to resolve the issue in my account? Any particular place I should start?
Thanks for any feedback!

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