Problem launching bridge in CS6

I have been trying to launch bridge for hours in CS6 ,having no luck, tried the command- option -o , have uninstalled and re-installed and still no luck.... ? any hints please

thanks, ok, running mac, mountain lion, I have installed CS6, when I launch bridge I get "waiting for bridge cs6" at the bottom of the opened photoshop page, there is a ' br' symbol next to mini bridge but nothing happens when i click on it. I have also gone up to 'file' open in bridge and also mini bridge but nothing there either. I have been to adobes help page and followed instructions to try to remedy the problem but to no avail. Also tried opening camera raw from the > photoshop > preferences > camera raw but no luck either..
thanks again
Col

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