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I recently upgraded to a Mac Pro. I used the Migration Assistant to move my accounts and applications from the old boot volume to the new one. All apparently went well. Then my FCP 5.1 upgrade came in the mail. Now I can't use either 5.1 or 4.5 because I get an license error. The error reads: "Licensing Error This application cannot continue because the licensing data is corrupt."
I've tried every admin account on my machine, both to install the s/w and to run it. Every time it refuses to accept my s/n. Of course, I can't reinstall 4.5 because I had to mail the install CD to Apple for the 5.1 upgrade.
All other applications that can run on an Intel Mac seem to work just fine.
Is there a license file somewhere that I can delete or repair? What other actions can I take to fix this?
Leigh
Mac Pro 2.66GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Try this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2225940&#2225940
-DH

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