CS4 Application Bar

I am using Illustrator CS4 on a Vista OS and don't see the red, yellow and green circles on the Application Bar. Can anyone help?

In Illustrator CS4, there is no Application Bar or Application Frame on Windows (XP or Vista). Also there are no red, yellow and green circles on Windows either - they are there on the Mac.

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