Two Fatal Error Messages when Starting Photoshop

When I tried to start Photoshop CS6 Extended 64 bit today (out of the blue) I received two error messages and the program would not open:
1. Could not load actions because an unexpected end-of-file was encountered.
2. Could not initialize Photoshop because the preferences file was invalid (it has been deleted).
I thought it had something to do with maybe deleting a monitor calibration file as I think there might have been a third message about that (who can remember all of this), so I recalibrated the monitor and the two message above continue and the program will not start.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kent

Sounds like general preferences corruption.
You will likely need to go through the three-key preferences deletion process in order to get Photoshop functioning again.
Press and hold Control, Shift, and Alt simultaneously immediately upon cold-starting Photoshop.  If you're quick enough to get the keys down, it will prompt you to delete all current preferences, which will lead to a reset of all preferences to defaults.
-Noel

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