Just throwing this out there, but every now and again, CC randomly decides that it can't find a .bmp file or a .ini file, then crashes, but if I start CC up again it works fine, or sometimes finds another file to lose. Not a major issue or anything, just thought it might be useful for the Devs to know.
Of course, it might just be my schitzophrenic computer.

Same thing happens to me, I find that not touching your computer while it loads helps for some reason.

You should try disabling indexing for the installation folder.