Pre 9 - After Loading Theme Content pack 1 - Unable to open projects

Pre9 works fine until I installed one of the theme content packs (1 - Birthdays etc...). Now when it launches all I get is the shell of the window, menu bar and large open space of gray. If I uninstall the theme pack it works again...
Is anyone else seeing this? Anyone have a solution?
Running on a new HP p6540y - AMD Phenom II 830 / 2.8 GHz - 8GB RAM - Win 7

Steve - thanks for taking the time to respond.
The menu is showing along the top of the screen. However, clicking on file open, or file new, results in a spinning cursor for 5 secs then back to a blank workspace screen.

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