Adobe Illustrator Won't Open Completley

ILLUSTRATOR OPENS ONLY PARTIALLY. I SEE ONLY THE TOOL BAR AND ONE OR TWO PALETTES. I DO NOT SEE MY DOCUMENT. I SEE THE DESKTOP. I ERASED THE ADOBE PREFERENCES FILE, BUT THIS TIME IT DOESN'T WORK. (AI.PREFS) I'VE HEARD THAT THIS FILE CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS
THANKS VERY

try getting an update from adobe.... if not have system checked out... scann for virus ect , try scandisk etc

when all else fails reinstall

Dear mac2k,
Thanks very much!
I solved the problem. Also my Photoshop wouldn't type. I reinstalled them both using
the unistall wizard. However, one must use search and find anything called: Illustrator, or Photoshop on the system, or the problem will remain. It happened once to me with Quark. Reinstalling didn't work. Had to remove everything saying: Quark by hand, then it worked.
Boruch V. Hoffinger