Phew, sorted!
A reinstall didn't fix it but for anyone interested I came across this post. Tip right at the bottom fixed it.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2610871&SiteID=1
run 'Regsvr32 scrrun.dll'
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Phew, sorted!
A reinstall didn't fix it but for anyone interested I came across this post. Tip right at the bottom fixed it.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2610871&SiteID=1
run 'Regsvr32 scrrun.dll'