Photo Downloader freezes while Devicelist is loading

Hi there,
on my iMac (OSX 10.5.8) the Photo Downloader works well when the system is "freshly started". At any uncertain point in time, when I launch Bridge and the Photo Downloader, the window "Device list is loading" (actually "Geräteliste wird geladen") is shown and ... nothing happens anymore. When I kill Downloader an restart the wohle system, next time Downloader works well. Until the problem reoccurs after quiting and relaunching Bridge/Downloader.
Any idea?
Regards
ktm_toto

When I kill Downloader an restart the wohle system, next time Downloader works well. Until the problem reoccurs after quiting and relaunching Bridge/Downloader.
You could try to quit Bridge and Photodownloader and then from the user library  Preferences folder find and manual delete the plist file for Photodownloader (com.adobe.photodownloader.plist) This will be recreated with a default one after having started Bridge and Photodownloader. So you will have to choose your own customized settings once to get t back to what you like.
If the problem persist also check your system maintenance. Have you already tried to check and repair your permissions? Use Apple Disk Utility for this (in the utilities folder in Applications)

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