Creative Cloud Desktop - running but no icon

The Creative Cloud Desktop application does not appear to be working for me anymore. It worked when I first installed it, and after the next 1 or 2 times I booted my machine, but it hasn't worked since.
It appears the application is running (if I drop to a terminal and run a "ps ax" I see three "Creative Cloud" processes actually, each with different command line options), but I do not have an icon in my menu bar. If I try to run "Creative Cloud" from Spotlight, nothing happens. If I kill all three processes ("killall -HUP 'Creative Cloud'"), all three close. After which, running "Creative Cloud" from Spotlight will make one reappear in the process list, but still no icon on the menu bar.
I've tried searching these forums and Google, but I can't find any solutions. I found one post where a user was having a similar problem, but his solution was that the app was running under a different user. If he switched to the other user and killed the app, then switched back it worked fine. However, though I do have 2 user accounts on this machine, I haven't logged into the second account for probably 3 years (I'm not exaggerating). I only ever use this one account, so that seems unlikely... it also wouldn't explain why it still doesn't work even after I "killall".
I'm running OSX 10.7.5.

Hi bmatcuk,
Please uninstall CC desktop and install again:
1. Go to Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers and uninstall Creative Cloud desktop
2. Navigate to Applications/Utilities and look for Adobe Application Manage folder and move it to trash.
3. Run the CC cleaner tool and look for any traces of AAM. If present remove it: http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
4. Navigate to Libraray/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE and rename to OOBE.old
5. Download and install CC desktop from the mentioned link:https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud
Please let us know whether it worked.
Regards,
Romit Sinha

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