Compressor greyed out??

Compressor is greyed out on my FCP, and its a real pain. I've uninstalled, and reinstalled, but no joy.
Any ideas??? I'm desperate!!

Might run software update and install anything to do with the studio... pro apps updates etc...
If not, then uninstall Compressor and reinstall it is usually the fix here.
You are selecting a sequence to send to compressor from FCP, right? Don't think that clips will go by themselves.
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