Ctrl+M Curves Keyboard Shortcut Photoshop CS5 not working

For some reason, the keyboard shortcut for Curves (ctl+M) is no longer working.  It worked fine for a while and then just stopped.  All other shortcuts are working.  When I go into Preferences, I cannot assign a different shortcut.  So, it seems that there is a problem with assigning ANY keyboard shortcut to Curves rather than some issue with just the Ctrl+M keystrokes.  I still can access curves from the menu, but I use curves very often and it is a real inconvenience.
Has anybody else encountered this problem?  What is the cause and/or how can it be rectified?

This may help very little, but it's a data point:  I can do Ctrl M no problem, it brings the Curves dialog right up.  That says it's not a systemic problem with 12.0.3.
Do you have the latest Photoshop update?
What operating system are you running?
Do you have an image layer active when you're trying this?  I assume so, since you said you could do Curves from the menu, but I thought I'd ask.
Have you installed any 3rd party plug-ins between the time it worked and didn't?
-Noel

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