C1 8 Pro constantly crashing

A couple of days ago I upgraded to C1-8 Pro and have been processing photos without any problem until this morning.

About an hour ago C1 crashed on me when I was trying to import images into a new catalog and, since that time, it crashes as soon as I try to import images into a catalog or session. It does not crash during the import, it crashes before I can even tell it where to import from.

I have tried importing into session - the software crashes. I have tried to import into catalogs - the software crashes. I have done soft reboots (Restart) and it makes no difference. I have tried hard reboots (Shutdown and Boot) and it makes no difference. I can do an import-less session, but I cannot import into either. I have reinstalled C1 and it makes no difference - the software crashes.

I have sent the online crash reports to PhaseOne but stopped after the 3rd or 4th because I assume it will not tell them anything new. Has anyone else seen this type of behavior? Does anyone have any suggestions? Unfortunately I have removed C1 7 from my system and would prefer to not have to reinstall it.

Thanks for any help.

UPDATE:

Well, just to make a bad situation worse ...

I reinstalled C1-7.2.3 which was working properly up until about a week ago and now it is acting exactly like C1-8.2. Every import attempt crashes.

Which implies, I guess, that it is something unique to my system and now to C1-8.2 itself. Both better and worse, I guess.

PROBLEM SOLVED:

C1 crashed originally when trying to import images from a specific folder (which was directly on the SSD). Each subsequent attempt to import restored the screen with the name of the bad import folder and apparently C1 attempted to re-import the files automatically.

When I realized this I renamed the folder in question and that solved the constant crashing. Just in case anyone else sees this same problem.