Airport Utility won't see Aiport Express anymore

I have been streaming my iTunes to my Airport Express forever. Then, today, we bought a Time Capsule with the intent of that becoming our base station. All is good, except that Airport Utility will NOT see the Express anymore. I've unplugged, replugged, moved to another outlet, one that is 2 feet from the computer, nothing.
Is there something I am missing? How do I make this work?

The next step would be to reset the AX back to factory defaults.
Pull the AX from power for a few minutes
Hold in the reset button +and keep holding it in+ as you plug the AX back in to power
Release the reset button after 8-10 seconds
If you want to try to configure the AX by wireless, click on your AirPort icon and search for a network named something like Apple Network xxxxxx. It's easier and more reliable to use the ethernet cable if you have one handy.

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