LR 1.3.1 now freezes up in startup after installing 1.3 update.

I had this problem when I first installed 1.0 after purchase. The support person I spoke to said it was an error with a catalog or directory. I can't remember exactly and I can't remember how we fixed it. Now that I have installed the update, it freezing up again. It begins to start up and then freezes. I reviewed the troubleshooting and nothing seemed to work.
Any ideas? Any help would be appreciated.
Jim
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Try the following and see how far LR gets into start up:
Locate your preference file and rename it. It is in
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Start Lightroom and it should give you splash screen, the same as when you first started it. Then try opening a catalog. This should help isolate the problem; (maybe it is just the preference file has become corrupted, or maybe your catalog).

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