FCE Not Reopening

I have read in many places that the way to fix FCE when it does not start is to trash preferences. Yes, this works. But surely I should not be expected to do this EVERY time I want to use FCE.
My current scenario. I trash preferences. FCE starts up fine - asks for scratch disk etc. No problem. Then I close it. Then I try to reopen it but it bombs out. If I trash preferences, then I am back to square one. Surely there must be a fix to this - it's crazy.

What WAS happening is exactly as I described:
Trash preferences.
Click on FCE icon in dock.
FCE starts, presenting dialog box to setup preferences.
**** down FCE.
Click on FCE icon in dock.
The FCE loading graphic appears, gets through to RT Extreme, then disappears.
No further evidence of FCE loading - computer reverts to Finder program.
Since then, my G-Tech Q drive (500Gb) crashed and I removed it from its FW800 connection and, guess what? Yep, FCE loads right every time. The G-Tech was set as the scratch drive. I am assuming that if the disk was having problems, FCE was having problems as a result. Anyway, I will retest the situation when the G-Tech drive returns from repair.

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