CS4: old projects with subtitles crash

I have some CS2 projects...
No problems if opened with CS3.
Very BIG problem with CS4 (updated).. The old projects are opened with no problem until I click to active the subtitle track.. then CS4 CRASH.
I have done all these test:
- "Save as.." the CS2 project opened with CS4.
- "Save as.." the CS2 project opened with CS3 and then with CS4.
- Duplicate/remove/add new subtitle track, saving with CS2 and then opened with CS4.
- Delete any temp file/folder.
- Praying in any religion.
c There is no way to use old subtitles with CS4??

That is very sage advice and holds true for PrPro, as well. Though there is good version compatibility, going from older to newer, the process of using older Projects in newer versions of the software can be hazardous, at best.
Every now and then, we "inherit" Projects from older versions, and it can be like walking through a minefield. Sometimes you make it to the other side, but sometimes you don't. Over the years, I've tried to keep an old copy of each Adobe program (my main set of programs) on a machine*. Sometimes, it's just for an old, familiar interface for those RUSH Projects that clients hit you with, but especially with Video, it's for backward compatibility. I realize that it is not possible in everyone's case, but it is a good safety net.
Hunt
* I still have a copy of PS 4, because it did one thing better, than the versions to follow. About once per year, a particular client has a Project, that requires this ancient program. My biggest problem is trying to remember how its interface works, since I've been on newer versions for more than a decade.

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