Why do I always get the spinning wheel of death when trying to open a CC program??

It eventually opens or stalls out and I have to try again. Waaay sloooow - My CS5.5 is better - what's the deal? Using Mac OS X Lion and have plenty of memory.
Is anyone else having this problem? - I don't have time to wait several minutes for the program to open.

Hi bludetailsdesigns,
You can try these & check.
1.If internet is fine then this might be becase of Creative cloud files, please try the steps metioned in http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/unknown-server-error-launchin g-cc.html and see if it works.
2.Please navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/opm.db and trash it. Try to launch CC desktop and sign in with your Adobe Id (http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-f iles.html) .
{Note for step 2: The file is in the user Library, not the Applications folder. To see the hidden user Library (not the system Library) in the Finder click on the Go menu item and then hold down the Alt / Option key. You will see Library appear between Home and Computer. Click onLibrary and then navigate to Application Support > Adobe > OOBE.
Alternatively open the Terminal and paste in the following and then press the Enter / Return key:
rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/OOBE/opm.db, This will also delete the file}
Hope it works.
Regards,
Rajshree

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