Appearance Panel gone? – Illustrator CC

After updating to Yosemite, my Appearance Panel in Illustrator is completely blank.
Any idea how I can reset it? I've tried changing workspace and reseting it that way, but nothing..
Help appreciated as I use Appearance frequently..
Thanks!
Tommy

I fully agree with him! This thread was started in Nov. 2014 and in May 2015 we're still having issues with exactly the same problem!
rbhunwal: on Nov. 5th you said that Adobe is working on it. Please give us a specific answer as to when we can expect a patch or update which repairs a previously working feature. We are monthly paying customers. I'm not demanding anything, i just wish for Adobe to repair those - essential - features that were working before.
Btw. your solution does work - until i close AI and at the next start, the same issue is back again. We are talking about Illustrator, for gods sake! This is highly unprofessional - am i supposed to constantly rename Folders that are 'hidden' for a reason just to have basic functionality?! Annoyed doesn't even start to describe how i feel about AI/Adobe with this regard.

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Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 02:22:18 -0600
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Subject: Where has the preview panel gone is Bridge CS5?
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