Illustrator CS 2, save/save as dialog is invisible

Question

Hello,
the last work I did in Illustrator without problems was on Jul 23rd. Today I wanted to open an AI file and save it in a different format. After opening the file, I chose "save as..." from the file menu. Illustrator's window borders changed their color, signalizing that they lost the focus. But the save/save as dialog was not visible. The Illustrator window was not respnding anymore, because the save dialog was "on top" of it, being modal.
However I can press enter, and the dialog responds. For a new file, after choosing "save" and pressing enter the Illustrator options dialog appears. For an existing file that I opened, after choosing "save as" and pressing enter I am told that the file already exists (because I wasn't able to change the file name in the save as dialog) and whether I wanted to overwrite it.
My workaround for now is to copy the file to the desired folder and set the new name in Windows Explorer. Then open that copy, make the desired changes and save it.
But: How can I restore the save/save as dialog? I work with two monitors but I didn't change their order, position or anything that could cause the dialog being shown in an offscreen position. Is the position stored somewhere in the registry? How could I reset it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Christian

Answer 1

Hello,
thanks very much for that tip, unfortunately it didn't help.
But to help German users (as I use the German version of Adobe Illustrator, too): The folder name in German on Windows XP is
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\<username>\Anwendungsdaten\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS2-Einstellungen\