Blank Preflight and Script Panel Indesign CS5

This problem has reocurred - started after I first installed CS5 with a blank Preflight panel only, but has been stable for many months (actually stable is not a word I associate with CS5). Both the Preflight and the Script panel are now blank - when yesterday they were fully functioning. Can anyone help with this. If any more wheels fall off my CS5 I am going to bite the bullet and revert to CS4.
Thanks.

Just updated CS to latest and
everything is working.

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