I also tried creating a new simple sample using code below but it also not work. The other samples work, just not treeviews. I downloaded ext.4.0.7 and i am binding to:
<script type="text/javascript" src="extjs/ext-all.js"></script>
It's working fine for me. Run it with Firefox or Chrome and check out the request in the network tab of the developer tools or firebug and see what the response is. Is it returning an error?