Erase Junk Mail does not function

Suddenly I cannot delete Junk Mail anymore by using Command-Option-J:
—pressing the keys results in a bleep only,
—under Mailbox it appears greyed out.
What may have happened, and
how to restore it?

Hi again.
All mail is stored in Macintosh HD/Users/"Your User Name"/Library/ in the folder called Mail. Importing this folder from an earlier backup (ideally a Time Machine backup) would revert your mail back to the date of that backup, meaning and subsequent mails you received since then would be lost. Your Mail preference file, (stored in Macintosh HD/Users/"Your User Name"/Library/Preferences and called com.apple.mail.plist would most likely not have any adverse affect and should not need to be replaced.
Having said this it might be worth scanning your Mac with some sort of Malware utility such as Sophos for Mac (currently free: http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/free-mac-anti-virus/). This might be a good idea before taking the extreme measure you suggest. Also I would carry out a permissions repair too, as your system may be experiencing permissions issues - check out this helpful document:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963

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