After Effects CS6 full program won't open - only render engine

As the subject line says, I can't get the version of the product to open up - it defaults to the render engine, no matter which .exe file I open or project file I try to open. And -yes - as far as I know, I've downloaded and installed the full version of the program.
Is this a hardware/software/installation issue??

I never resolved this
I have no idea if it's a registry key issue (probably the case?), a hardware issue, product registration issue..etc.
This was a short-term problem that I wanted solved ( I needed to open my project in the full version ASAP, but didn't have it installed on any other machine ), but instead we just expedited the long-term solution (below).
I really only needed the 12-core machine for rendering, so we ended up installing AE6 on a laptop that I can work from (the full version installed and opened up with no problems), and we use the 12-core machine ONLY for rendering - no actual project file work. Because of that, the render engine is all that needs to open on the 12-core machine.
Nevertheless... definitely a frustrating and confusing issue.

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