SL@TW, Did you try disabling the Welcome screen? If not, try the suggestion marked as correct. How to disable the welcome screen?
If you could help us solve your crash, please provide us the Faulty module on which Photoshop crashed.
- Check Event Viewer for the Faulty Module http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427
- Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Application
- Look for "Error" in red color and check the Application name and faulty module.
~ Arpit