HELP - Compressor is missing

Hello there,
Hope someone can help here.
I have just noticed that Compressor is not installed with my FCP Studio 5.0 Upgrade addition from 4.
I have never noticed this missing before because I have not been editing lately.
Now if I use the disc to do a reinstall Compressor is labelled as SKIP in the install section and is greyed out.
Any suggestions would really be helpful here.
Thanks.

Use the info on this Apple Support page for re-installing.
You need to trash a bunch of files in order to do this.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93234
This page is about what to do when:
Compressor - Cannot submit job from Batch Window
But the instructions for re-installing Compressor would also apply in your case.

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