Syntax Coloring Not Functioning

Hello All,
For some reason my code is not colored as it should be. I'm
using Dreamweaver 8 on a Windows XP.
I have tried to enable it by going to "View > Code View
Options > Syntax Coloring, but a check never appears indicating
that Syntax Coloring has been enabled. The "Syntax Coloring" option
isn't grayed out, so it should allow me to select it, but it just
doesn't.
My preferences for code coloring for all document types are
set to their defaults.
It is not because of un-closed tags or any error in the code,
this problem happens in all the default documents that Dreamweaver
ships with.
I even did a "repair" re-install but still no change.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Daniel

I didn't have a previous version of Creative Suite before this, so nothing to clean off. It's a work PC that just got set up with CS6 for the first time - I wasn't able to find that cache file (the instructions are for CS5 and earlier), but since this started happening straight out of the box, I'm not sure the cache would be the problem?
And no, the "Syntax Coloring" option is not greyed out - it's actually black, so looks like it SHOULD be selectable, but I click it and nothing happens, and it remains unchecked. That's the confusing thing.. no obvious hurdles to toggling that option...

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