Text Wrap disappeared in ID CS5

Using InDesign CS5, recently the text wrap option entirely disappeared from the tools menu, as did any response to using a keyboard combination to make the dialog box appear. Also, reloading the program from the disks fails due to "too many errors." Using Windows 7 pro. Help!

What is preventing you from doing the reinstall?
You should know, though, that it won't replace the prefs unless you specifically choose to do so during the uninstall operation.

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    Yipee.
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