PS crashes in Windows 7. Possible windows explorer issue?

Hi,
I have an intermittent but annoying problem. Basically, when I use the "Open" dialogue box to access a new file CS4 will hang, shutting down completely. The same issue has occured when using the "Place" command. It doesnt seem to happen when using Bridge to open files. A possibly related issue is that although this does not happen every time it does seem to come in spates and when it does CS4 automatically shuts down the automatic advanced openGL functions (i.e. no revolving my screen dynamically while drawing which realy IS a pain as I am an illustrator and this function was a major draw to upgrading to CS4...)
Does anyone have any advice on how I might resolve this?
Thanks in advance!
Phill Evans
System information:
HP Pavillion dv6
Windows 7 32-bit
AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-74 2.20 GHz
4 GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500
Photoshop CS4 with no additional plugins etc.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 11.0.1 (11.0.1x20090218 [20090218.r.523 2009/02/18:02:00:00 cutoff; r branch])
Operating System: Windows NT
Version: 6.1
System architecture: AMD CPU Family:15, Model:3, Stepping:1 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2
Physical processor count: 2
Processor speed: 2199 MHz
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series
OpenGL Drawing: Disabled.
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series
Video Mode: 1366 x 768 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Driver: atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atidxx64,atiumdva.cap,atiumd64,atiumd6a,atitmm64
Driver Version: 8.632.1.2000
Built-in memory: 3070 MB
Free memory: 1752 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1650 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 100 %
Image cache levels: 8
Serial number: <removed>
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\Phill\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 287.4G, 102.0G free
D:\, 10.7G, 1.81G free NB: Scratch disks not always connected.
G:\, 287.4G, 102.0G free

Resetting your preferences is described in the FAQ.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults. A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.

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Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe
Faulting module path: nview64.dll
Report Id: b6bd0bd9-0881-11e0-be39-00a0c6000000
#4
Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7600.16450, time stamp: 0x4aebab8d
Faulting module name: nview64.dll_unloaded, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4c35752f
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x0000000008c3b350
Faulting process id: 0x1210
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb9bd569d9ae8e
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: nview64.dll
Report Id: b6d21ac7-0881-11e0-be39-00a0c6000000
#5
Faulting application name: Dwm.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc541
Faulting module name: nview64.dll_unloaded, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4c35752f
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x00000001800ba570
Faulting process id: 0x11c4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb9bd569aa125c
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
Faulting module path: nview64.dll
Report Id: b72bfbe8-0881-11e0-be39-00a0c6000000
#6
Faulting application name: rundll32.exe_PWMTR64V.DLL, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc9e0
Faulting module name: nview64.dll_unloaded, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4c35752f
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x00000001800bb350
Faulting process id: 0x1450
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb9bd59995023a
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
Faulting module path: nview64.dll
Report Id: b7e4521b-0881-11e0-be39-00a0c6000000
It seems that a module "nview64.dll" is always the first application to crash. I suspect this has something with graphics to do.
I dont know if this event triggers the following crashes or if it is so that the display is initialized before the other programs.
After all crash diagnostic messages have been shown windows explorer restarts and also other applications restart but a lot of system tools in the system tray are gone so a cold start is needed to restore all tools again.
I really would appreciate any help and suggestions how to fix this really annoying issue.
Thanks, Anton

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