Loading Core Components…

I was using the latest free version of LW the other day and it worked fine. After it started to give me trouble, I re-installed it, which took several tries before it work. Now whenever I launch the application, it gets to the message "Loading Core Components" and freezes. Any idea how I can fix this? I just installed MRJ 2.2.6and that didn't help. Suggestions please?

Blue and white G3, 350 mhz, 640MB RAM, Mac OS 9.1. AOL Dialup connection