Apple mail will not open any windows for me.

I have a mid 2009 mac book pro. I upgraded to Mavericks and now my apple mail will not display any screens (windows). When I open it, it will bounce once in the dock then show the nav bar at the top, however most everything like send new mail is grey. I have tried loading upgrades but they won't load to my HD for some reason or another and am at a loss.

Try holding down the shift key when opening Mail.

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Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
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Shut down Mail.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
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Shut down Mail.
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Copy and paste the following:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail/Cache.db
Click Go.
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
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Copy and paste the following
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/
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Restart Mail.
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You can try restoring mail from a Time Machine backup.
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~/Library/Mail/Bundles
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          Services ▹ Open
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/Library/Mail/Bundles
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