Changed library name - FCPX won't open?

Ouch.
I inadvertently changed the Library name of an FCP X file in the Finder Window ... and now FCP X won't open. I immediately changed it back to the original name, and FCP X still won't open. The FCP X logo comes up, and then the app seems to freeze and not open.
Sound familiar?
There must be a work around or a fix, right?
All ears,
Ben

HI Al,
Interesting. And that's why I did the change IN the Finder Window. I couldn't click the Library open IN the app. It was as if frozen. I tried a dozen times to click, or to hit enter when highlighted. So I thought it wasn't something that could be done.
In fact, now that you've encouraged me that such a thing is possible I'm going to try again.
In the meanwhile I had a few crashes, re-installed FCPX, muddled around a bit. It seems to be working now. Could have had something to do with FCPX 10.1.1 working with an earlier project done in FXPX 10.0 ... and when I opened FCPX (I think I opened it to set up another project) there was no automatic request to update the original project. Maybe something weird happened there and caused some kind of corruption. But in the end I did get the original project updated ... and am now learning how to organize in this little beastie.
I did learn something interesting about relinking media though. You can't JUST relink clips to their original media files in FCPX 10.1 ... because when you go to locate your original movie ... it's imbedded in the Library (all those hidden folders), and there is no way to access the library that way. Someone over at Creative Cow created a workaround, quite brilliant I think. It works anyhow. In the Finder Window you 'open package contents', work your way to the folder that contains the unlinked media files, then drag that folder to the margin on the left of Finder Window (where you can drag folders you work on regularly). THEN you can do a relink and work your way to the folder you need that way. Works fine.
I'm going to try renaming my Library now. Wish me luck. So useful to be able to do this.
Thank you kindly Al,
Ben

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