InDesign CS4: Missing Toolbars/Menus

InDesign CS4: Missing Toolbars/Menus on MacBook Pro
The program has been working fine for more than year, but all of a sudden the menus and toolbars have disappeared and I can't find a way to turn them back on. The program is USELESS without them since you can't do anything.
Everything is turned on (visible) under Edit > Menus... but when you're working in the actual program, NOTHING!
When opening .indd files in InDesign I get a missing plug-ins error (LILO.APLN) and then this warning appears: The following hyphenation services are not installed on this system - Proximity (English: USA). Uh, watchu talkin' bout InDesign?
    1    I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software
    2    I've tried reseting my preferences (http://forums.adobe.com/message/2339388)
    4    I've tried installing the latest update (6.0.6)
    5    Keyboard shortcuts do not work to restore the menus
    6    I changed the screen resolution to see if the toolbars were hiding of screen...
          and guess what? They weren't!
I don't believe it is a problem with the permissions since there is only one user account on this computer and it is an administrator account. No changes have been made to the user profiles since the machine was first set up!
This sounded EXACTLY like the problem I am having (http://indesignsecrets.com/rebuilding-indesign-preferences.php), but the solution (download the 6.0.4 patch) is not going to fix things for me ~ if 6.0.6 didn't clear it up, 6.0.4 sure as hell ain't gonna do it
Oh, and I'm a total novice when it come to troubleshooting (I don't have a f*cking clue what I'm doing and have only gotten this far thanks to my limited ability to Google -- hooray for opposable thumbs!... also, I tried calling Adobe tech support and I couldn't understand a single word of what that guy was saying... the only thing that came out clear was "you're gonna have to pay for help or seek it out in the forums").
So if you've got any advise that might help solve my InDesign issues, please explain it as you would to a child... seriously
THANKS!
Lauren

I read through the thread you suggested, but since I'm not computer-savvy enough to match up the Windows based advise with my MAC, I went straight for the cleaner tool option. I wiped CS4 from my computer, and with hope in my heart I reinstalled the entire suite. As the progress bar neared completion, rainbows exploded across the sky, children laughed and angels got their wings... but as soon as I opened InDesign the whole world went to sh*t again. The toolbars are still MIA. This is CRAZY... they were there last week. No major changes have ocurred that would suddenely make the program stop working... save for the fact that someone has obviously placed a gypsy curse on me. WTF!

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InDesign CS4: Missing Toolbars and Missing Plug-In

Currently running InDesign CS4, version 6.0 on a Macbook Pro.
I was just using the program last night with no issues. Upon opening InDesign today, Adobe Updater popped up at launch; I installed updates. Now when I open a new document in InDesign, there are no toolbars on the side of my screen. (I've tried using the tab key shortcut, but nothing happens.)
Also, when I try to open previously saved InDesign files from my computer, I get the following pop-up:
Missing Plug-ins
LILO.APLN
The document "filename" uses one or more plug-ins which are not currently available on your system. Do you want to open anyway?
And then this pop-up:
Hyphenation breaks may change if you edit the text in this document.
The following hyphenation services are not installed on this system - Proximity (English: USA)
I don't know what either of these messages mean. I'm not incredibly tech-saavy, so any advice would be EXTREMELY appreciated.

Uninstalled the Creative Suite. Ran the cleanup tool. Reinstalled the suite from the installation discs.
Upon opening InDesign, I got these two messages:
LILO.APLN
The document "filename" uses one or more plug-ins which are not currently available on your system. Do you want to open anyway?
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Hyphenation breaks may change if you edit the text in this document.
The following hyphenation services are not installed on this system - Proximity (English: USA)
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AS: InDesign CS4: Missing links do not show path anymore?

Hiya! Preparing to move to InDesign CS4, and opened a document where the links were missing. In CS2 with AS you could still get the old path to where the link was pointed to, but now if the link is missing AS returns "". ?? I can still get the file name, but that is fairly useless..
I know the path is still retained somewhere, because the link pallet UI in InDesign shows path, and the path is there...
Anyone have any ideas?
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id:25785,
size:298164,
asset URL:"",
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index:1,
name:"01_77509_TR_927.jpg",
object reference:link id 25785 of image id 21318 of rectangle id 20575 of page id 20565 of spread id 6605 of document "AR09_1_006_006v4.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
label:"",
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CS2:
id:11759,
size:260181,
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asset ID:"",
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parent:image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS2",
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index:1,
name:"77508_DG_297.jpg",
object reference:link id 11759 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS2",
label:"",
editing state:editing nowhere,
version state:no resource,
date:date "Friday, March 13, 2009 5:16:21 PM",
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CS4:
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size:260181,
asset URL:"",
link xmp:link xmp of link id 12636 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
asset ID:"",
asset etag:"",
edited:false,
needed:true,
link type:"JPEG",
parent:image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
file path:"",
index:1,
name:"77508_DG_297.jpg",
object reference:link id 12636 of image id 11755 of rectangle id 9610 of page id 9604 of spread id 9593 of document "ack.indd" of application "Adobe InDesign CS4",
label:"",
editing state:editing unknown,
version state:version unknown,
date:date "Friday, March 13, 2009 5:16:21 PM",
status:link missing
So - to summarize....
CS4: file path:"", status:link missing
CS2: file path:"Graphics1:Cat Apparel:AR09_FallPrev:All Images:JPG SELECTS:3_12-3_13:77508:77508_DG_297.jpg", status:link missing
Ack.....

InDesign CS4 Help--Toolbar not showing, can't type or do anything.

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InDesign CS4 missing fonts

I'll try this again. After upgrading from CS2 to CS4, there are many fonts missing from my system, in particular the Warnock Pro family. How do I get it back?

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InDesign Cs4 Missing Links

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I am not very familiar with InDesign. Ultimatly someone made a webpage for us and i want to be able to transfer it over to Dreamweaver..which i am very familiar with.
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Missing fonts in InDesign CS4 - even when 'open' in Suitcase Fusion 3

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Image text is missing in InDesign CS4

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Thanks for responding.
I had all the Symptoms you list and Kris's solution sorted them out. (It's well worth keeping a backup of those folders.)
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Thank you. I am a little bit busy at work, sorry for the delayed reply. I tried to solve the problem, but it still exists. The 3rd of the Adobe disk is damaged someway. I tried to run on my mac at home and it has a failure. So I think we have no other choice that to download the full pack of master collection. I had a discussion with the IT expert and he figured out that company does not exist any more from where they purchased the Adobe Master Collection for Mac and PC. So If you would be kind to help me, what kind of information ID or any kind of document would be needed to identify the purchaser institute (us). I don't think any of us has an account at the Adobe. I will try to figur out. I desperately need to replace Photoshop and InDesign as without them it's really harsh to teach the kids fot the graphic design.
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Missing plug-ins for InDesign CS4? Fehlende Zusatzmodule für InDesign CS4?
Hello! Hallo!
I am working with CS4 on the Mac OS X, version 10.6.8. I created some InDesign files with it a couple of weeks ago. When I want to open them now again, it shows me a long list of plug-ins that I supposedly have to activate first or I need to buy the newest CS as an alternative.1. How did this problem come off? 2. How can I activate the missing plug-ins?
Ich arbeite mit CS4 auf einem Mac OS X Version 10.6.8. Habe damit vor einigen Wochen mehrere InDesign Dateien erstellt. Wenn ich sie jetzt wieder öffnen möchte, zeigt er mir eine lange Liste von Zusatzmodulen an, die ich angeblich aktivieren muss bzw als Alternative das aktuellste CS kaufen soll.
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Thank you all! Danke schön!

Actually, Indesign only says like "I can't open, because it was saved from a newer version" and does not list any extensions/plugins.
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