No Menu Bar and Programs Will Not Open!!!

Hey,
Turned on my Powerbook G4 today and my menu bar had dissappeared (the apple, file, edit, window, etc.). Although, it still shows the airport, time/date and an icon for my creative suites CS2. But they're unresponsive to clicks.
Also, my dock doesn't seem to want to allow me to open my programs. I click on anything and it'll bounce once and do nothing. I can't even open the Finder to have a snoop around or access my system pref. But as long as I've had my laptop, the finder has ALWAYS been open.
In addition, I can see my chosen background, but the icon for my HD and the two or three files I had on the desktop have disappeared.
Anyone know what I can do to solve the problem without having to reinstall or reformat? (I lost first installer disc, so it'd be tough to fix regardless).
Help me out, please!

Also, I tried running the FSCK in single user mode. It said my hard drive is ok, but when I rebooted I still get the same problem:
No menu bar (but I have airport, CS2 icon, volume, battery and time with no drop down)
My applications do not launch from dock (bounce once)
The icons on my desktop are gone (although my wallpaper remains)
Sometimes, my MS Office updater will come on and I can get to system pref., but i can't think of anything I can do to fix this problem.
Honestly, i've been dealing with macs for a while and I've never seen anything like this before.

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