Solidworks will not run when launched from the menu

Help!

I have had an on going problem that i just cannot resolve. It started about 6 months ago when i was running 2010. I upgraded today to 2011 and the problem still exists.

The issue is when i launch Solidworks by either selecting from the menu or even if i run the EXE file, the program doesn't start. Once in a while it will launch in the background but you can never see it on the screen. About 50% of the time i can see the process running in  Task Manager but sometimes not.

Here is the kicker, if I double click on ANY existing Solidworks file the system starts and runs fine. Works like a champ in all aspects.

Ideas?

Tom

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