Flash Admin Console shows no applications on my Flash Media Server?

Hi all,
My employer has a Flash Media Server that I wrote a little streaming video app for a couple years ago. Well, the videos have stopped working and I've been asked to troubleshoot. I fired up the fms_adminConsole.swf and connected to my server. Now, it's been a long time since I've messed with the server, but if I remember right, there was a big list of apps on the list on the left hand side of the "View Applications" view of the console. When I log in, there are no applications listed. If I hit the "New Instance" button under the empty list, I'm presented with a list of all the apps I think I should be seeing in the Applications list. If I select any of these, a new application instance appears in the applications list, and I'm prompted to give it a name, the default being "_definst_". If I hit enter to create this instance, it remains on the list and instance data appears on the right panel until the console refreshes, and then all that vanishes and I'm back to an empty applications list again.
Going to "Manage Servers", I do see a list of applications under the applications tab that I expect to see. The app that streams the video that's having problems is there on the list.
Is this typical behavior for the Flash Media Server Console? Shouldn't I have a list of apps in the "View Applications" section of the console? I've created about a dozen to date, and they're all listed under Manage Servers > Applications, but not under "View Applications". Can anyone point out if I'm doing something wrong here or missing something? Or can someone confirm that I SHOULD be seeing something under "View Applications" and that there is indeed something weird going on with the server.
Thanks for any assistance!

What you are seeing is correct behaviour. Until and unless applications are loaded or some clients are connected to them, they wont be shown under view applications tab by default. Try connecting to one of the applications you have and then you will see it automatically gets listed there.

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