InDesign CS6 Randomly Disappeared

My Indesign CS6 randomly disappeared, along with all of the programs files and icon. I tried reinstalling it via the application manager but it says it's up to date. What do I do?

Branched a reply to a new thread in the InDesign forum. Aaron resolved his problem and reply is here http://forums.adobe.com/message/5240632.

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