The Timeline on Final Cut Express 4 has disappeared...HELP!!???

I have tried clicking sequences, command-3, and all that you can imagine...NOTHING WORKS! There is no Timelinde on my FCE4.
How do I get it back???
Can anyone tell me?
Please!
Thanks.

Hi(Bonjour)!
Opening a sequence should open a timeline.
Did you try to trash preferences files?
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
Michel Boissonneault

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