DVD Studio Pro 4 Hangs on startup

When I try to start DVD Studio Pro 4 the system hangs, apparently because a file is missing that the program was expecting to find (it was erased prior to restarting the program). Since the program is trying to load the project that was autosaved (and the missing file associated with it), I can't gain control of the program. The program displays a message about the missing file, but no option to abort the task. Any thoughts?
Thanks
Larry

Without DVD-SP being open, have you tried opening an existing project file?
-DH

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