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FCP wont launch
Hi,
This morning when i tried to launch FCP 5 from the desktop, it shows its launching and then it stops. No error messages nothing. Just that the none of the tool bar/canvas/browser window or the menu bars come up. I tried launching a separate FCP5 project and the same problem.
I tried to then launch FCP4 which is still on the system and that opens just fine.
Why this prob and what can I do?
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3 Replies
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THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”Click the following link for instructions.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html
A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.Download these free Apple Scripts at
https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.
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Cheers for this info…..worked first time and I am a happy man again!!
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I had a “won’t launch” incident this morning and found that in the FCP application package, the name of the MacOS folder had turned into the name of one of my files. Renaming it MacOS fixed it. I did this by “show package contents” on FCP, clicking on “Contents” and renaming the folder. I don’t know if prefs fixes that sort of thing.
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