Lightroom not working

I've loaded 5.3 to my pc (win7 X64) and I can't even drag a windows sample jpg to the preview window to import it.
I've browsed other peoples problems with this and all the suggestions haven't made a difference.
None of the picture I have, all 20K plus of them, includding jpgs, NEFs and RW2 work.
ANy ideas greatly appreciated.

Thanks ssprengel
I was trying it in the Library as the guide says. Using Sample Pictures it has added that folder to the tree but there are still no pictures visible although the preview pane did flicker.

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