Dreamweaver (CS4) interface got corrupted :-(

Hi All,
I was happily using DW CS4 on MS Vista for a while alread and suddenly after installation of Nero (CD burning software) I've found it corrupted !
As you may see on the above screenshot - interface elements are displayed "cut" or incomplete.
It is now very inconvinient to work.
Any ideas what might go wrong and how to bring back the full functionality of the program?
Simple reinstallation of Dreamweaver is not helpfull :-(((
Thank's ahead,
Ziggi

Thank you all for your kind help but alas - I deleted DW configuration folder, restarted application and found the corrupted interface again.
Honestly - there must have been something go wrong with the system I suppose as I think interface elements are often system-dependent. And when I look at the DW now I can see a lot of subtle corruptions here and there like this one:
As you may see - page title font is not as usual (looks a bit smaller than normal), source code and styles panels titles are a bit "cut" - you can't see lower part of letter "g" for instance (in the word "dialog").
Is it possible that some system DLL file has been overwritten with a version not fully compatible with DW4? Any idea which one?
There are DLL files like ctrl32.dll and Ctrl32.ocx in Windows what normally may exist side-by-side in multiple versions and these libraries contain regular system control elements definitions like labels, text fields, combo box, etc. How about Dreamweaver - does it use some Adobe proprietary controls or what?
Anyway - there is no Side-by-Side generated errors in the Event Viewer application log, so activation context generation must have been fine for all Dreamweaver dependencies... or there are no explicit restrictions in the application manifest, so SxS is unable to catch assembly discrepancies...
Any ideas?
Rgs,
Ziggi

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