Flash CS4 Timeline Problem

Have an iMac with Snow Leapord 4 gig memory.  When  I open Flash CS4 in Essentials Mode the Timeline appears at the bottom of the screen, however the status bar at the bottom of the timeline with the add Layers, add Folders and Trash can are missing.  I have also seen some other weird things with CS4 but this is the latest and most annoying.  Has anyone else experienced this. I tried resetting the mode and adjusting the timeline size without success.  Has any one else experienced this problem.  Any insight would be appreciated.
Ron

Many thanks for your reply!!1
I think I mentioned I was having other problems.  One of which was when I tried to select a frame on the timeline the all frames were selected.  Well, I found an option in the preferences for Timeline - Span Based Selection -  Somehow this was turned on.  Turned it off and so far everything seems ok.  Don't know if this was the problem, but at this point everything seems to be operating properly.  Thanks again for responding.

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