FCE opens but it's a black screen

I've used FCE 3.5 periodically on my iMac in the past, but now all I get is a black screen when I open the program. The program does open, because if I touch the finder bar or desktop, the black will go away and I can see the viewer slugs and timeline on my screen. However, once I touch any part of FCE, the entire screen goes black. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,

If Piero's suggestion doesn't work try this.
Whenever FCE starts behaving strangely in any way, it is a good idea to trash the preferences exactly as described here :-
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
It doesn't work with everything but it is always worth trying FIRST.
Another thing is to open Disk Utility and "Repair Disk Permissions".
Ian.

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