Aperture 3.2.1 Constantly creating empty projects?

I updated Aperture recently and now the updated version constantly creates empty projects everytime I open it. I delete them but they keep being recreated.
Does anyone know how I can stop this?
Thanks!

Do you have any plugins installed, that might create projects?
Or are you running Automator or Apple Scripts that might activate Aperture and thus create projects?
Do these empty projects appear right before your eyes while you are working with Aperture, or do you find the new projects already in the library when launch Aperture?
Do these projects appear at the top level of the library or inside a special folder?

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