My Dreamweaver CS3 Won't Open

I had to do a System Restore on my Windows Vista, Home Premium PC. Ever since I did that, when I try to open Dreamweaver CS3 I get this...
When I hit OK, it just closes the program. So basically, there's no way I can use Dreamweaver now. Anyone have any ideas?

Sounds like a restore issue. Could be anything from a registry entry that got modified and is causing issues to just about anything. Best bet is to run the clean utility and start a fresh install of CS3.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs5clean.html
Just ignore the name in the link. As of CS5 they combined the utility into one and it works for CS3-CS5.

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