I've went to Window > Options, but all that does is bring a picture of the tool I'm trying to use above the tool list. The long bar below the menu is gone, how do i get it back? :/
Isn't it somewhere behind the tab View? I'm not having PS on this laptop, so I can't take a look for you.
You're sure it's not just off to the side in some random location? Restore your workspace to default. That generally fixes issues like that.