Runtime error when starting illustrator CS2

Question

I have creative suite cs2 on my windows xp computer and illustrator has been acting kind of funky lately. Now Illustrator CS2 won't even start up. A Runtime error comes up. It says
Runtime Error!
Program: ...rator CS2\SupportFiles\contents\Windows\Illustrator.exe
"This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information."
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
I try to use another user to login, and start the illustrator. It work.
so, i try to go to Documents and Settings and move my user folder to olduser folder.
and login to user, it will create a new user profile. I start the illustrator, it work. I need to copy back all my document file and email settings.
Beside this, any other way to solve this problem.

Answer 1

This is disgusting. I've pounded away for over 4 hours and I finally found a workaround. Here's the original post that had my answer:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c05ac2f
The short of the story: if I put lightroom.exe into Windows XP compatibility mode" it will work. (To do that, for anyone else who comes across this, you just right-click your lightroom icon, click PROPERTIES, and go to the Compatibility tab and check the box next to "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)")
I've loaded it up half a dozen times and it's still working perfectly as far as I can tell. Hopefully it won't hurt anything keeping it in that mode.
I'm glad this happened early enough into my trial that I'll have ample opportunity to see if it repeats itself. I'm not keen on sinking $300 into software that will give me ulcers as I troubleshoot problems like this.