Lightroom 3 broken

When I opened my Lightroom 3 today, everything was gone. My catalogs, presets and preferences are all GONE. It's as if the program has been reset. Does anyone know why this might have happened?? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

I have answered you in your other thread.

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