Preferences file deleted?!

I suddenly can't use my Photoshop CS5.  In the middle of working on it, I suddenly got an error message saying "Could not initialze Photoshop because the preferences file was invalid.  (It has been deleted.)  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling PS but still get the same message.  Now PS won't even open up.  Please help!

Hi mamalina, another user had a similar problem, the staff responses in the Photoshop forum might assist you: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4638253

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    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/409/kb409112.html
    Boilerplate-text:
    Are Photoshop and OS fully updated?
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    Choose Start, type regedit in the Start Search, and then press Enter. 
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  • Preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted)

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    http://www.fixkb.com/2011/05/could-not-initialize-photoshop-because.html

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    When I try to start CS6 I get this error message "Could not initialize Photoshop because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted)." What do I do now??

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