InDesign CS6 - missing menus

I've uninstalled InDesign CS6 (cloud membership)... downloaded reinstalled through the cloud app, installed without errors, but i'm missing menu items/windows and its driving me crazy.... do i need to reinstall again?
missing stroke, but it can get to the weight by the contextual menu
missing the object text box menu item (forget what its actually caused)
little things like that
please help

Thanks Peter... i'm working again
     created a new user account everything was there...
     logged back in as my own account manually removed Adobe folders (and files) in Application Support, Saved Application State, & Prefs for the User...
     restarted and launched, everything is back
     I tried ditching each one at a time and that didn't work, had to trash everything at once, so somewhere it was picking up somethat that wasn't right.
p.s. Edit>Menus where all turned on, resetting the workspaces didn't make a difference either... weird
Thanks Again! I'm a happy camper now

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