Can't start ANY projects in Compressor. New or Old.

Here's my problem:
I open Compressor, and it doesn't automatically open a new batch window like it's supposed to. So I click File>New Batch. Nothing happens. Everything in the Job menu is grayed out and I can't import any new media or even open previous Compressor projects. I've trashed the preferences, cleared the Qmaster cache, and removed and reinstalled Compressor, Apple Qmaster, and Motion and I still can't get it to work.
Any ideas?

There are a few things that people have tried in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9965769#9965769
When you say "new or old" do you mean, Compressor 3 and 3.5, or new and old Compressor projects?
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