Failed installation? Newbie here sees tools but no gray screen -- just my desktop background

Hi all, and thanks for reading. I'm brand spankin' new at this so please forgive and have patience. I just installed CS5 on my Mac (hope I'm in the right forum...)
When I opened it up for the first time I can see the tool bars on the left, top and right side of the screen, but I see my desktop in the center where there should be a gray area. I have closed the program and restarted my computer with no luck at all.
I'm feebly attempting to learn digital scrapbooking from Jessica Sprague's site (great tutorials) so that's my purpose in this. Photoshop is intimidating, but I'm determined. Any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Draining the battery was a mistake.  Does the MBP charge?  Perform SMC ansd PRAM resets:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Try a safe boot:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
If no success, take the original install dusk and insert it into the DVD drive and boot the MBP with the C key down as if you were reinstalling the OSX.
Proceed with the directions UNTIL you see a menu bar on top of the display.
Select UTILITIES from the menu bar.
From the drop down menu, select Disk Utility.
Run Disk Utility>First Aid, Verify and Repair.
What are the results?
Ciao.

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