PhotoShop CS4 type tool crash

Question

Using Windows 7 64bit. 8 GB Ram.
Weirdest problem I have ever had with Photoshop.
If I click the type tool, the character window or try to open any PS file with text in it PhotoShop crashes.
I opened C:/Windows/fonts and there are only 8 fonts in there. HOWEVER if I open up Fireworks or Flash I see tons of fonts and it works.
SIDE NOTE might be important ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
I had Suitcase Fusion 2 (Font Manager) installed. Activated a bunch of fonts and suddenly was having clipboard copy paste issues between Illustrator and PhotoShop. I read somewhere on these forums that a corrupt font can mess up PhotoShop. After countless attempts at trying to correct the problem I uninstalled suitase fusion. That Did'nt fix the copy paste issue now I have this problem.
If I only have 8 fonts in my Windows/Fonts folder and am not using any font management software to organize and activate my fonts (which live in a seperate folder) then where are my Adobe Products that are working (Flash, Fireworks etc)....pulling them from?
Is there a way to reset all my fonts on my system?

Answer 1

Assuming font files are under Windows protection, the Windows 7 System File Checker command SFC /SCANNOW might recover them.  Outside of that, an in-place upgrade from your original Windows disc should do it.
You can have the System File Checker do a complete check and generate a report, but without any recovery activity, by issuing the command SFC /VERIFYONLY instead.
Good luck.
-Noel