Window/Action panel won't toggle open

When attempting to open my Actions panel the collapsed window
(bar) comes to screen forefront but single-clicking the toggle\open
button in upper right corner of bar only reveals/collapses the
window for a split second. Won't stay revealed. Have thrown away my
preference file to no avail. Anybody else experience this issue?
(Running CS3 Flash on Mac 10.4.11 system)

I received this information from Adobe:
As an initial
troubleshooting step, please try to reset the Flash CS3
configuration to
further isolate the issue:
To reset or re-create the Flash configuration:
- Close all applications
- Go to your Hard Drive
- Then Users
- Choose your user login (with house icon)
- Go to Library
- Then Application Support
- Choose Adobe
- Open Flash CS3 or Flash 9 folder
- Open "EN" folder
- Rename Configuration folder to Configuration_OLD
- Launch Flash again and try accessing the Actions Panel.
It worked for me.

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