Launching Photoshop CS4- Spaces,

When I launch Photoshop CS4 from Applications ( ie. not by trying to open an image), I get this window...
"Could not complete your request because Photoshop does not recognize this type of file."
I can close this window and proceed to open whatever images I want. I don't understand why I'm getting this 'error' in the first place. It just started today. I hope this is not indicative of a growing problem.
G5 twin 2.0
CS4 11.0.1
MacOS 10.5.6

Hi there! This is Kathy. If you're having problems in launching your CS4 Applications, please try to follow the instructions below.
Follow the steps below to recover from this error:
1)      Set the computer clock back to May 31, 2009.
2)      Launch the affected product.
3)      Go to Help->Deactivate, select ERASE THIS SERIAL NUMBER.
4)      Quit the application.
5)      Change the date of the computer back to the current date.
6)      Launch the application.
7)      Enter the CS4 serial number from your purchased product.
If you're still having problem, please feel free to contact our Adobe Customer Service at 800-833-6687. They're available 7 days a week from 6am-8pm(Pacific time) or have a chat with us thru adobe.com using your account.
Thanks. :-)

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Problem Event Name:                        APPCRASH
Application Name:                             Photoshop.exe
Application Version:                           11.0.2.0
Application Timestamp:                     4bf2d91c
Fault Module Name:                          StackHash_693d
Fault Module Version:                        6.0.6002.18005
Fault Module Timestamp:                  49e0421d
Exception Code:                                  c0000374
Exception Offset:                                00000000000aef37
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Locale ID:                                             1033
Additional Information 1:                  693d
Additional Information 2:                  871b80e6da6de5d2b5e2f4f9fad7eab3
Additional Information 3:                  052d
Additional Information 4: 798a4fbf3c14af6d98c4492732c44346
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