Ai CS4 toolbar missing

My Illustrator CS4 toolbar went missing, along with workspace options, and options under the window menu. I feel like I just hit a wrong button, and can't get it back.
Thanks

Tab key?
This is for a Mac
But if you happen to be launching AI from what you think is an alias then you probably are trying to launch it from a duplicate of the application instead and which now resides outside the application folder.
What to do if this is the case first trash the duplicate (what you thught was the alias)
Then go back to the Illustrator folder and this time hold both the option and command keys down when you drag to make the alias.
What probably happened before is that you only held the option key down when dragging the application icon that ony makes a copy and nt an alias yu need to hold both the command and option keys.
This is for a Mac
Now the next time you see a warning stating that the application has been moved and it needs t be reair yu will better understand that you made a copy by a slight of hand.
Now if you are not trying to launch from an alias.
Trash the Adobe Illustrator Settings Folder in your users preferences Users/Username/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings Folder

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