Includes no longer displaying in design view

Somehow my #includes are not showing in split or design view. Example:  This would be my header and navigation file. In the past it showed in design view right at the top of the page. Now not displaying. I know design view is not accurate and not neccessary, but really bugging me that I can't see the whole page anymore.... Side Note: my home page index file located in the root folder DOES display this info. All files located down a level do not.
These have been showing for years, now in CS5 and previously in version 8. I didn't change any settings, they just stopped showing today. The pages work properly online. I use this code snippet for a variety of objects per page. All .asp files. I feel like something stupid accidentally got changed. Just not sure what. I have found lots online about initial set-up errors, but mine was working.
advice?

Thanks Nancy... Here is what I found. Maybe you (or someone could shed some light on this for me).
Here is what is placed in all of my documents:

The home page that displayed properly in Dreamweaver looked like this:

Removing all but two of the dashes as the end of the code snippet fixed the problem and the Header started to disply in Design view. I am not a programmer, and my HTML/CSS knowledge is self taught, but this code has been in place from a previous designer for years. Does it make a difference? What could have changed? I have thousands of these pieces in my site, I guess I need to fix them all.....

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> Ken,
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The site I need help with is a classic asp site. I am using Dreamweaver CS5.5 and am working in Windows 7 Professional.
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> For example, a page that
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>
> Is there a Preference Setting or plug-in that I am
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> suggestions
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>
> Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
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