V. 10.0.1 Photoshop CS3 Extended quits funny

After I quit Photoshop properly, a message comes up that says Photoshop has unexpectedly quit. This is hilarious, in a sense because I have quit Photoshop and it is not unexpected that it has quit.
Anyway, extreme humor aside, I want to trash preferences as a first attempt at a cure to this problem and need help.
If you agree that trashing preferences should be my first line of assault, can you tell me where the preferences are and the thorough way to be sure I have trashed preferences properly. I do regular system maintenance and have no problem with other applications.
Powerbook G4, 167mhz, 2g ram, 40g free hd space on startup drive.
TIA,
Ken

I can't help as I have the same problem as Saskatchewanobie. I am running PS CS4 (11.0.1) on a G5 PowerPC, OSX 10.5.8.
howcum?

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Source:        Application Hang
Date:          7/17/2010 6:16:25 PM
Event ID:      1002
Task Category: (101)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
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Termination Time: 2
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