Indesign CS3 refuses to load

Hi, i would be grateful for any advice if you have experience of the same.
My problem is that indesign CS3 refuses to launch all of a sudden. About two weeks ago it just wouldn’t (and still hasn’t) loaded. When i click on the application the spinning donut appears beside the cursor as if it is going to load, but no splash screen appears. and then the spinning "donut" next to the cursor disappears. If i then start my task manager i can see that indesign.exe is running and if i try to open indesign again another occurrence in task manager will load and so on. THATS IT, any ideas please?
i am running Vista 32bit. the software has worked fine for at least a year and then it just refused to load. All other creative suite applications run fine (although i am scared to say that due to their temperamental nature). I haven’t actively installed any updates for any adobe programmes or windows updates prior to the problem either. The only thing i can think i have installed recently is a new version of iTunes and that’s it. I am up-to-date with service packs and updates for vista too.
i have repaired indesigns installation - No joy, i have uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled indesign - No joy. i have also removed the registry entries and data for indesign in the "user app data folder" for indesign when uninstalling and still no joy once re installed. its driving me mad.
Please note i have spent the last 2 weeks trawling and i mean trawling Google and the adobe forums for advice. i have tried many suggestions but am open to any you have to offer, i just want to avoid people thinking i am coming here without researching myself first. i did try one suggestion which is where you start the machine in safe mode and see if indesign cs3 loads then, which it does, but once i restart to the full usual mode - nothing
Thanks in advance, i appreciate any useful advice
Matt

Hi Peter,
i have noticed the following -
i have two user accounts on my PC (running vista). One being my personal one and the other being an Admin account (i set this up as i had to do something that required permission - i forget what now - http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-wi ndows-vista/). If i log into the admin account i can launch Indesign as intended, "one click and open". However it still refuses to load in my personal account. i cant see how any updates etc wouldnt have been applied globally - so whats the difference?
I know that probably doesnt help much but thought you may have seen similar or in the past or it may help you identify my problem from past experiences?
Thanks
Matt

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