Appleworks Now Won't Open (After "Force Quit")

yesterday, i chose to "force quit" my Appleworks 6 because programs were getting jammed. After that, i can no longer open Appleworks. when i try to open it, the icon just sort of "poofs" like it's going to open, and then nothing happens.
same either when i try to open an Appleworks file or open the program from the dock.
i thought maybe i could just re-install Appleworks, but i don't know how to find it in my Tiger disks.
any ideas?
thanks-you.

Hold down the Option key while choosing to Empty Trash to delete locked files.
As I said before, reinstalling AppleWorks rarely solves any problems with AppleWorks. 99+% of the time the trouble lies in the user's account, either full recent items & AutoSave folders or corrupt preferences.
The message you got trying to update to AppleWorks 6.2.9 means the update can't find a copy of AppleWorks for that updater to update. The most common reason is that the language of the updater doesn't match the language of the installed version of AppleWorks 6. This particularly applies to the two English versions. There are several websites with links to incorrect updaters. The UK Apple site in particular has been known to point to the north American updater for quite some time. The most reliable links are on this page where you can choose the appropriate updater for your AppleWorks 6 installation.
Whenever you do an update of the system software &/or AppleWorks, it's a good idea to do two maintenance tasks, one for the system (Repair Permissions) and one for AppleWorks (delete preferences).
To Repair permissions in 10.4.x, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on First Aid, then on Repair Permissions.
To delete AppleWorks' preference files, go to HD > Users > Library > Preferences & delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Then, in this same Preferences folder, find and open the folder AppleWorks Preferences, then delete all of the enclosed files (except the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.

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