Why does Bridge CS3 just cease to work?

Question

Hi there.
As of today, I started having trouble with Bridge CS3. Out of the blue, Bridge just cannot be launched anymore. I have 10.6.2 running and it all worked well, I changed nothing and just like that, whenever I try to start the application - nothing. Just an error notification that asks me whether I want to report the crash or ignore it. The crazy thing is that everything else works just fine, only Bridge just doesn't wanna play with me.
I uninstalled the whole CS3 Design Standard, did a reboot, installed the whole package again - without any change. Bridge just keeps crashing on startup.
Does anyone else have this kinda problem? What could I do/try?

Answer 1

If you already have to recache the files here is a workaround to have a
fresh start (but not guaranteed to work since it does in a new user it might
also mean corruption in your current user account).
First of all start disk utility for apple and check and repair permissions
if you already have not done so. ( you should do this anyway or use a
maintenance application like Cocktail to automate this on a daily base).
Quit Bridge and in your default user (the one with the problems) go to the
user library and manual delete the Bridge2.plist file from the preference
folder to the trash.
In the same library go to Caches-Adobe-Bridge CS3 and inhere grab both files
and drag them to the trash (or for back up to a folder outside the library).
Both plist and cache file will renew it self after you restarted Bridge.
Also hold down option key while restarting Bridge after having deleted the
mentioned files and choose reset preferences.
Set Bridge prefs and interface to your own wishes and try again.
Should I try copying any files from one user's library to mine? Or is a
complete reinstall (witch I already tried as a first guess) the only solution?
Again, thanks for your patience and help!