One day the UV editor just decided to not open anymore, and i have no idea how to fix it. I've tried using Mel script to open it, ive tried the button under the windows menu and i've tried the button on the polygons shelf, neither work. When i click it the screen does a very small blink and then nothing happens. In the Mel…
When you reinstalled, did you remove the maya folder in Documents? if you remove that and restart maya, it will be forced to recreate it and could fix the problem. I had a similar issue (the brief flicker) with the transfer maps dialogue not opening and wiping my preferences fixed it.