Lightroom won't open Import dialog box

Lightroom was working fine, but recently started locking up as soon as I click on import to bring up the import dialog box. Other than that, lightroom appears to be running fine and zippy, but as soon as I click the button or go through file menu it freezes. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on a Core i7 with 8 GB of ram. Things I have tried are below:
Restoring Windows to before last critical update.
Uninstalling Antivirus SW
Uninstalling and Reinstalling Lightroom (reinstall was fresh from Creative Cloud to make sure it was the most recent version)
Creating a new catalog
Updating HW drivers
Tried with cards/reader/usb devices in and out
Any ideas because my next step is to format the HD and try a fresh install of windows and everything else?
Thanks,
Matt

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