Photoshop CS4 'Arrange Documents' dialog

Photoshop CS4:
Problem: With several documents open by going to the ‘Arrange Documents’ flyout dialog they could be arranged in the manner required - however the dialog flyout on my setup is blank - I can still arrange the documents by clicking on the appropriate blank area - but I would like to see the appropriate indicators back in the dialog - they used to be there!
Any pointers to a fix for this?
I have tried removing and restoring CS4 - this didn’t fix the problem.
Thanks
Hawkeye

I removed Nik Silver Efex Pro and CS4 is happily back to where it should be - I have no real need for the Nik programme which I was trying out.
Thank you for a rapid and correct response to something that's been annoying me for the past week or two!
Hawkeye

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