Why is my Illustrator CS2 v12.0 MAC suddenly freezing during initialization?

I've been using Illustrator CS2 v12.0 MAC on my Mac running on OSX v10.4.11 daily for years. I stopped using Illustrator for a few months, and when I went to use it again, it won't open; it hangs up during initialization. (The initialization window reads "Initializing...", then "Reading fonts...", then "Initializing..." again, and stays there forever.) I realize my version of Illustrator is out of date, but I didn't think it could just die of old age. Can anybody help?

I have PhotoShop Elements 4.0, and, yes, it opens and runs just fine.
No, I haven't installed any new fonts since I last opened
Illustrator. I suppose a corrupt font is possible, but I really doubt
it -- mainly because of the following: I know this is about
Illustrator, but I think it's important to mention that, at the same
time, I stopped using InDesign, and when I went to use it again, it
asks me for my serial number, and then tells me that the number I
provided is not valid (as I said, I've I've been using it daily for
years. I think it's important because this notice is in the InDesign
forum section: "Attention Mac Users: The recent Acrobat 8.2 update is
causing problems for many users of InDesign and Illustrator. If you
suddenly have problems starting InDesign, please see this KB article:
InDesign and Illustrator CS or CS2 fail to launch after applying the
Mac OS X Acrobat update." The same notice is in the Illustrator forum
section. That article it references describes exactly the same
behavior for both apps as I've been seeing. But I don't have Acrobat.
I feel sure that these problems started with an Adobe Reader update.
But I have no idea how to fix it; Adobe doesn't mention Reader. I
found a complete download of Reader 9.2, and so I replaced my Reader
9.3.3 with it, hoping that v9.2 wouldn't have whatever the problem
is. No such luck. (Sorry about not noticing the beard. I never said I
was alert.)

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