Photoshop CC opens - but hangs indefinitely

Photoshop starts up great, but then goes into a permanent hang, the perpetual spinning beach ball. Have to force quit every single time.
Firstly: I have the latest version of CC and Photoshop CC installed
Secondly: I have already tried - and lost count - how many times I have uninstalled, reinstalled, used the cleaner tool, restarted....
I am at a loss and beyond frustated. This really puts a damper productivity.
Anything else I can try?
Also have problems with After Effects, but thats for another forum...

Ha! I would understand how that might be a slight problem! Silly me. Sorry about that.
I'm running MbPro Retina, 2.6 i7, 16GB RAM, with OSX Mav 10.9.2.
I have stuck solely to the the Adobe installers and instructions per the CC website, etc. Every other CC program operates as it should - it is only Photoshop that does this.
I have also not added any 3rd party items as of yet.
I can say that the stall doesn't happen until you try to use the app. So long as you don't use it, and let it sit, its fine. But something as simple as going to the menu bar screws it up.

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