Final Cut Pro - Vanished?

I'm a graduate student in video art preparing for a big installation in less than a week, and this morning I go to open up my copy of Final Cut Pro and get the watermarked question mark of doom on the software's icon in the dock.
Where the heck did it go?
So of course, I look everywhere -- it seems to be nowhere to be found.
Any suggestions or ideas as to what might have happened?
I sure didn't uninstall it-- at least not to my knowledge!
The only recent major change I have made (within the past week) was to install the Adobe Creative Suite's Design Premium package. Could I have somehow nudged Final Cut Pro off of my computer during that process? But if so, how?
I'm totally confused, and concerned. I don't have my Final Cut Pro disks with me here (they're in another state and I'll probably have to see if I can get them overnighted to me).
Anyway, any advice would be much appreciated.
Could it still be hiding somewhere on my computer?? I can't find it anywhere.
Thanks in advance,
-R

That was one of the first things I checked. It's unfortunate-- the .fcp files don't know where to go. When I try to open them I get the indication that no specific program is available to open them, and then they ask which application to choose from. Final Cut is nowhere to be found.
I think it might be gone for good? My guess is that it was somehow deleted. I've no idea how or why (I really don't know how I could have done anything so foolish-- I use Final Cut all the time and it's the backbone, software-wise, of a lot of my creative projects, so.... not sure).
I hope there's nothing wrong with my hard drive?

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