Tool Box and Electric Power Outage

I am using OSX.4.11 on a 1.25 GHz Power PC G4 and having problems with CS2 (Educator version).
I hired electricians to do some work Thursday. They shut off the electric, without warning...
iow, I didn't have an opportunity to turn off my computer. When I returned to my office,
the computer restarted and seemed to be OK.
I checked my email, and that was also malfunctioning. (However, there had been problems with my Comcast cable service, (email) and phone service, since Monday). Comcast and ATT were working on that. Phone/fax service was restored Thursday and Comcast seems to be OK as of Friday.
When I tried to use my Creative Suite (CS2) programs, I discovered that the tool palettes used to work on any of my documents, old or new, in Photoshop and Illustrator in Creative Suite are malfunctioning. The toolbox is nowhere to be found, totally not appearing, on the monitor with Illustrator; and, while the toolbox is visible in PS, I can't use the toolbox functions at all... e.g. the type tool types only straight lines. I can't use the keyboard key commands for toolbox either. I don't know if the other CS programs are also damaged. I had PS and AI open when the system crashed.
I closed all programs and shut down everything, including the monitors and restarted. No improvement. I guessed that the software is damaged., and reinstalled all of the Creative Suite.
Still no toolbox in AI or function in PS.
Do you have any idea how to solve this problem?
Thank you
Linda

No that is not what I am saying you will not lose your applications or internet connections if you trash the preferences that is sound advice you should first try that method.
Make certain you trash the Adobe Illustrator Settings Folder in your user's preferences folder.
Also in this case in the same user's preferences folder there is a file called com.adobe.illustrator.plist trash that as well.
Restaring the computer is a good idea after doing that but not necessary. BTW make certain you first quit Adobe Illustrator before trashing the preferences.
The archival reinstall of your system might be useful if this does not work and if a reinstall of Illustrator does not work, each procedure follows the other and you only go to the next procedure if the previous fails, I worded my last post a little strangely, I apologize for the confusion.

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