Appleworks now crashes on opening "recent items"

Question

Tonight I updated some documents in Appleworks on my iMac and then transferred the completed
files from the iMac to my MacBook Pro. All went well till I tried to open them in my MBP only to find
it crashes every time. The report says it was a
"Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x0000000015ef9000
Crashed Thread: 0"
All the reports are the same.
Following the suggestions previously listed I have tried to delete the preferences
(h/d/users/username/library/preferences/Appleworks) but cannot find the file
com.apple.appleworks.plist in (~/library/preferences)
I have triedto restore using time machine but problem still exists.
I have also deleted all the files relating to Appleworks that I can find and then re-installed them
from my iMac where the application works well.
Interestingly, I can find the com.apple.appleworks.plist on my iMac but not on the Macbook Pro !!!
I have also attempted to re-install using both computers with file sharing but still the same old
problem.
If, I go into appleworks and select a document in starting points, then this document will open.
However, when I select Appleworks 6. app and get the starting- points popup, as soon as I select
"recent items" it then crashes.
Can any one please help in this case ?
Alan

Answer 1

There is one point I would like more info on - why don't I have in my h/d/users/username/library/preferences the file "com.apple.appleworks.plist" Its there in my iMac but is not to be found on my MBP.
If you've never launched AppleWorks on the MBP the .plist wouldn't be there. Neither would the AppleWorks folder in preferences. It's possible that if you've launched it but didn't alter any preferences or open any files, it could also be "missing."