Blank screen on opening Adobe Premiere Pro

Hey

Every time I open the Premiere Pro application it simply comes up with a blank black screen. It has a large square box with an inactive start button at the top left and an inactive exit button at the top right (inactive as in when I click it nothing happens) I've paid a lot of money to use this program and would love to start making videos and not simply just have a blank black screen. Help would be great thanks.

kind regards

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