Premiere Pro won't shut down

Hi,
The problem is that Premiere Pro Cs6 won't shut down or close a project and must be force quit. It will also now allow me to open two projects at once (which can happen when one project fails to close.) However, this quickly leads to a crash.
Does anyone know how to solve this?
It emerged suddenly, right after fixing a problem with a serial number conlfict for Red Giant Color Suite. We repaired the preferences and reinstalled the Red Giant plug, but then the problem emerged. My feeling is it's related. Some kind of goofed up preferences, but how to fix?
Thanks for any help.
Carolyn

Now I find that out. I upgraded to Maverick after we
uninstalled/reinstalled. What fresh hell can I look forward to? I'm getting
to the point where I would rather amputate a body part than update my
software.
All joking aside, should I uninstall/reinstall again?
Right now, my workflow is to save a dated version (save as: name-date)
before I close the project, which i then do by force quitting. It crashes
and my file is saved as a recovery.  My theory is that if my recovery file
gets corrupted, I have the most recent save-as version to go back to. God
willing and the creek don't rise, I can go on indefinitely this way, no?

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