ADE crashing constantly

Two weeks ago the ADE stopped working.  It would crash as soon as I plugged in my nook.  After a half dozen or so restarts, uninstall and reinstalls, deauthorizations, authorizations, etc etc, I reached out to BN and they told me that Adobe made a change on their end without notification, and a patch was needed to the nook So a week or so later that was released, installed on my nook, and lo and behold.  The ADE is still not working,  It crashes immediately upon opening.  Since one cannot read a library book without ade, seems to me that adobe no longer wishes to provide this software.  Any comments or response from Adobe?