Still can't open Lightroom 3

I posted the following a couple of weeks ago but didn't get the problem solved.  Hopefully someone else will see this now who knows how to fix my problem.  Thanks!
After using LR3 for 5 or 6 weeks with no problem I now get the following error:  
'Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 64-bit has stopped working' A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.  Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.  I can't get past this error and can't open LR.  Tried uninstalling and re-installing and same error happens.  Any suggestions?

I finally solved this on my own! Not sure exactly what did it.  First,I downloaded and installed LR 3.5 upgrade.  Then, before LR would close it would try to open a certain .TIFF file.  I drug the file from my pictures to my desktop.  Now LR works perfectly.

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