Layers palette disappears in photoshop cs5

My layers palette disappears in photoshop cs5 (64 bit and 32) any time I click on another tab such as histogram or info. It also disappears after PS opens and CS live starts. The layers tab is still there but the layers themselves go away. I can get them back by clicking on the tab. A minor problem but is starting to get real aggravating as it disrupts workflow. I tried Ctrl+alt to reset. Doesn't help. Uninstalled Creative Suite Production Premium CS5 with the remove preference box checked at least 8 times as well as using the Adobe Creative Suite cleaner tool. I have gone as far as removing EVERYTHING Adobe on my machine and deleting every adobe reference in the registry, every file with the Adobe name on it. If it had Adobe on it it was deleted.Cleaned and defraged the drives and registry. My Premiere Pro also has problems with the start up screen. I just cannot get a clean install of CS5 no matter what I have done, short of wiping my hard drive. Any ideas?
Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium CS4 (Only DW, FW and ID installed)
Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium CS5
Windows Vista sp2 (64bit)
8 gigs ram
Thanks.

What do you have set for Animation Options?
-Noel

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