Indesign CC crashing when I try to place a PDF.

I just installed CC day before yesterday. Today is the first issue I have had. It doesn't seem to have any issues placing JPEGs or EPS files, but it does not like PDFs. Anyone else experience this and know what could be causing it?
Thanks!

Peter Spier wrote:
If ID is now crashing as it starts up, the recovery data is corrupt and you'll need to empty the InDesign Recovery folder. And if cropping to media is not working, either the .indd file is damaged, the PDF is damaged, or the apllication prefs are damaged.
See if you are able to get the document to open again, then try to place some other PDF. If it crashes again, try creating a new user account an log in with that and see if you can place a PDF. Let us know what's happening.
Interesting....must have been the .indd file that was damaged or the app. prefs. I had tried placing PDFs I knew were good and it still crashed. I didn't figure the document was damaged because it was a brand new document. However, after clearing the Recovery and creating a new document, it placed fine. A little confusing, haha!

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