Activity Monitor not working correctly / not listing processes

When I open Activity Monitor, it does not display a list of processes. The CPU usage works in the bottom of the window as does the disk usage. None of the other graphs display any graphing/data.
I have rebooted, relaunched AM and I selected "all processes" but it still doesn't show processes.
I used the terminal command "top" and can see processes in the terminal window.
thanks for any assistance,
Harold
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Thanks for the quick reply. I couldn't find the activity monitor preferences file you specified, in the Preferences directory. Here's what I've done: I rebooted from an older backup image on my external drive that I made using superduper. The activity monitor app worked from this disk image. I copied the AM app into my current drive, where it showed as a copy.
I rebooted, and attempted to use this copy. It wouldn't let me due to file permissions problems of some sort. I opened the current version of AM and now it works.
I'm not sure what fixed the problem, but Activity Monitory now seems to be working OK.
thanks,
Harold

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