InDesign 5.5 will not open

I have the Adobe Design Premium 5.5 installed on Windows 7 Pro. I am able to launch InDesign right after the install of the suite. After that it will not open unless you restart but that does not always work. No splash screen or anything will come up but the indesign32.exe will be in task manager. No errors in event viewer. All other programs in the suite open and run correctly. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the suite using the delete preferences and deactivate option. Any ideas?

Sounds like a conflict with something in the background on the regular account. Try diagnostic startup using MSconfig to selectively turn off stuff. Start with things that don't appear in the list for the second user account where it does work.

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