Macromedia Flash Professional 8 won't Open

Hi,
A few weeks ago I had no problems using Macromedia Flash
Professional 8. However, recently I moved and when I got to my new
place, Flash Professional 8 would not open. When I try to open it,
the splash screen appears and when the loading messages get to
"Initializing Fonts", the standard Windows crash window appears.
The one that says "Flash 8 has encountered a problem and needs to
close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please tell Microsoft
about this problem ..."
I thought that maybe I have some corrupt fonts, but all of
the fonts seem to be okay. Maybe I'm not testing them correctly.
Also, for some reason, iTunes no longer works either.
I have tried reinstalling both programs and the error box
still appears. Honestly, I have no idea what to do for here. Any
suggestions, at all, are greatly appreciated!
Thanks for the help!

sounds like a corrupt font - have you done any
troubleshooting?/
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sparkios wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A few weeks ago I had no problems using Macromedia Flash
Professional 8.
> However, recently I moved and when I got to my new
place, Flash Professional 8
> would not open. When I try to open it, the splash screen
appears and when the
> loading messages get to "Initializing Fonts", the
standard Windows crash window
> appears. The one that says "Flash 8 has encountered a
problem and needs to
> close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please tell
Microsoft about this
> problem ..."
> I thought that maybe I have some corrupt fonts, but all
of the fonts seem to
> be okay. Maybe I'm not testing them correctly. Also, for
some reason, iTunes no
> longer works either.
>
> I have tried reinstalling both programs and the error
box still appears.
> Honestly, I have no idea what to do for here. Any
suggestions, at all, are
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>

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