Final Cut Express 4.0.1 bug

Hello
Forgive me for my English language, I translated with Google Translate French into English ...
My problem: I have Final Cut Express 4.0.1, but there is a big bug! Sometimes hi just blend films is that the images are from the beginning to the end and the images of the end, are beginning ...
In addition to the keyboard shortcuts do not work all: The only people who are still walking in-i,-o for out, - space,-j-k-l to play. Others only work sometimes. The shortcut apple-q to quit Final Cut Express only works +/- once a month. And apple-c, apple-v and apple-x to copy / paste / cut never work. Furthermore, the customized presentation is scheduled, as it is in the menu bar in "window" between "sort" the choice "a custom layout" and "custom layout 2", but there is nowhere in implementing a button to save this presentation ...
Since there are throughout the web of people who have the same problem and there are people like yourself who do not have the same problem, but the same version as me, I think it is not a feature that is available in Final Cut Express, but in PRO. Moreover, all functions that do that on Final Cut Pro, are not displayed in Final Cut Express and custom layout function is displayed, so it's a programming error or something like that.
I asked for assistance on site programming and mac, but now they could not help myself. I also sent a half year ago, a message to Apple Final Cut Express section, but that they did not ("yet") responded.
*Thank you*

Double-click the generator clip in the Timeline to load it into the Viewer. In the Duration window, change the duration to whatever you want. Go back to the Timeline and drag the right edge of the clip to fill the duration you entered.
Alternatively you can copy and paste the clip end-to-end to fill the same duration.
-DH

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peetapix wrote:
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misterdmmc wrote:
... and I also don't have Imovie.
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