Why won't DW CS5 launch anymore?

I read the faq and searched past posts. The one suggestion that might have helped -- deleting the Dreamweaver CS5 cache -- didn't change anything. It's been about six weeks since I was in DW, and now every time I click the program icon, all I get is a system "honk" and brief flicker of the entire screen. Checked the Task Manager, there is no DW process running. My PC is Windows XP Pro SP3 with lots of RAM and free hard drive space. I've checked the hard drive for system-level errors, and defragged.  Other likely causes?

Recreating the user configuration has always worked for my WinXP
http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/re-creating-dreamweaver-user-configuration.html
Additional alternatives here
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/494811

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