FCP wont start up after crash - trashing prefs

i've been told that trashing prefs can solve many crash-related issues with FCP.
can someone tell me how to do that?
working with latest version of software

FCP Rescue will certainly take all the pain out of this process, with the added bonus of managing backup prefs too, in case it goes screwy again...
however, fwiw you can also do this manually.
just go to your users Library folder and look in the Preferences folder within.
you need to trash 4 files:
com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist
then inside another subfolder called "Final Cut Pro User Data"
Final Cut Pro 5.0 Prefs
Final Cut Pro 5.0 Obj Cache
Final Cut Pro 5.0 Prof Cache
there is also a apple knowledgebase article about this process (for FCP4.5)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93832
good luck
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