Bridge crashing on metadata edits, and program completely disappears

I am working on editing the metadata for a large number of photos. Several times now, Bridge has crashed and closed. Then, when I try to reopen the program, I get a message that says "The item 'Bridge.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved". If I try to open Bridge via the CC app, nothing happens when I click the button. The only solution I've found is to reinstall Bridge. This has happened multiple times already today. Any ideas?