Motion 3 suddenly not working properly

I have Motion 3 on a Mac Pro, and everything has been running JUST FINE until today.
When I booted up Motion today, I noticed problems:
1. The Utility window won't open
2. I cannot add any Behaviors. When I hit the Behavior button, absolutely nothing happens
3. I cannot add any Filters. When I hit the Filter button, absolutely nothing happens
4. When I try to open the app to a new project, no new project is automatically created
Other parts of the app seem to work fine. When I hit the button to add a new camera or bring up the HUD or something similar, it does that just fine. Its just those 4 things it won't do.
One thing I did try doing was drag the Motion app to the trash and used Time Machine to retrieve the app from a few days ago (when it was working properly), but that doesn't help at all.

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