Captivate 7 and Mac OS 10.9.1 : crash.

Hi,
I use Captivate 7 and MacOS 10.9.1. I can create new project, I can open captivate.
But each time, I want to open an existing files, captivate crash (close).
I try to install again and again captivate, but I have always the same problem. Anyone have an idea what can I try ?
Best regard.

Could you recreate the preferences of Adobe Captivate 7?
The location is: ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Captivate 7, rename Adobe Captivate 7 to anything.
Also, when you launch Captivate, go to Adobe Captivate > Preferences > Clear Cache.
Then Open any existing Project and check if it reoccurs?
If the problem still persists, create a different user account in MAC with admin rights (a test user account), launch Captivate in that user account, and open an existing project.
Thanks.

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