Appleworks "unexpectedly quit" cannot relaunch

I have been using an older version of Appleworks on my iMac for a few years. 2 days ago it uexpectedly quit for good. Clicking the relaunch doen't work as it keeps showing the same relaunch, report or ignore window. I have sensitive spreadsheet files I've been using daily & I've tried opening them with "Numbers" but it doesn't allow me to open them because they are password protected. In other words, I need to get Appleworks to work.
I've deleted all (I think) all Appleworks (Application not Data) files & re-copied files from my laptop but it hasn't worked as I get the same Ignore, Report or Relaunch window. I've also tried downloading from various sites but I keep finding an "updater" instead of the actual program. Any ideas would be appreciate it.

Hi Ben,
Before going on, here's one more test to do: Try opening AppleWorks in a different user account. If you have ony one user registered on your machine, go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Accounts, and add a second account. When it is added, close the preferences pane, go to the Apple menu and choose Log out. Wait for the Log in window, choose the new account, log in, then try to launch AppleWorks. If successful, it indicates the application is OK, and that the problem is in your regular account, and probably in one of the 'missing' files.
The current behaviour does pique my curiosity (not the simultaneous failure of another application so much—could be coincidence, or common cause. And I am throwing up one hand...to scratch my head.
"AppleWorks 6" covers a number of AW versions. Although the six is useful, the rest of the digits are also significnt. With AppleWorks running, you can find the full version number in About AppleWorks, the first item in the AppleWorks menu. If it won't stay open long enough to look there, locate the application in your Applications folder, click once to select it, and press command-I ('eye', not 'one') to Get Info. You'll find the full version number in the first section of the Info window.
"I have therefore downloaded the whole thing from my backup site onto a new folder & tried launching from finder window.....same result. A "Appleworks Unexpectedly Quit" window pops up with a suggestion button (blue) that says Reopen & clicking it doesn't work. The other option on this window is an OK button (white) which makes it disappear when clicked."
What is "the whole thing"?
If you are installing a copy of an existing (and working) copy, all that should be moved is the (closed) AppleWorks 6 folder found in the Application folder on the machine where it is working. AppleWorks builds the rest of the files mentioned as it needs tham.
Before starting the move, Quit AppleWorks on both machines, and delete the files in my earlier post (and in Peggy's list) from the Snow Leopard machine. The Cache and Preferences files should be in a folder named AppleWorks, and that folder should be in your Preferences folder, inside your (user) Library folder.
If the folder and files still can't be found, try adding a new folder to the Preferences folder, and naming it "AppleWorks" (exactly as shown, but without the quotation marks). If you get an alert message that "The folder AppleWorks already exists," then there is an AppleWorks folder in that folder, and it should contain the 'missing' files. If you do nt get that alert, youhave successfully added a folder named ApleWorks to the folder you are in.
Click on the "Name: bar at the top of the list to sort the lit by name, then scroll to the new AppleWorks folder.
What are the names of the folder or file) immediately above it and the one immediately below it?
Once you have determined that the plist file and the files in the AppleWorks folder in Preferences have been removed, and that the AppleWorks 6 folder has been removed from your Applications folder, you are ready to copy the AppleWorks 6 folder from Applications on the other machine to the Applications folder on your Snow Leopard machine.
If you have a direct connection between the machines, Drag the AW 6 folder from the source machine to the Applications folder on the target machine and wait for it to copy.
If you do not have a direct connection between the two machines, copy the folder onto a thumb drive, then copy it from the thumb drive to the Applications folder on your Snow Leopard machine.
Regards,
Barry

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