Final cut express 4 won't launch

In changing an external hard drive I've somehow (I guess) trashed something I shouldn't have. Now can't launch the programme at all. Sometimes it comes up with the reset scratch disk box, which I try, and it fails. Have checked the sharing and permission boxes etc, and all seems OK. So, without being able to open the programme am clueless. I thought to try reloading the programme, but disc does nothing and eventually is checked out. Any ideas anyone ?

It might be best to reinstall FCE but first of all you must uninstall it completely.
You can uninstall it with this free app http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm

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HELP !!!!!!!!

Welcome to the discussions,
to repair permissions close all open applications go - utilities - disk utility - select macintosh HD, then click 'repair permissions' - and wait. The shutdown and re-start.
You need to supply more details about your operating system and hardware in your profile to help us to describe your method for trashing your prefs but check this out:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3800327&#3800327
or this which primarily deals with fcp but introduces fcp/fce rescue and other useful info:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/trashing_fcpprefs.html
also, is your software up to date? Run software update from the apple menu, repairing permissions before and after.
To log into a different account and try launching FCE from there go to system preferences - accounts - and add a new user. Log into the new account and try to launch fce.
Ideally, it will help you to use the search function in these forums which can point you in the right direction before needing to post a question which may have come up in discussion before.
Good luck and post back to let us know if you've had any success.
Dave

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Final Cut Express does not work with MP4s. You need to convert the MP4 video to QuickTime DV or QuickTime Apple Intermediate Codec before importing it into FCE. Which one to use depends on the properties of the MP4 video you have ... basically, if it's standard def 4:3 then convert to QuickTime DV (NTSC if you are in North America, PAL if you are in Eurpope) ... high def 16:9 should be converted to QuickTime Apple Intermediate Codec.
In most cases you can use MPEG Streamclip to do the conversion.
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I have a mac OS X 10.5.8 and I have bought final cut express 4 but it will not launch on the computer. Please help.

There are solutions on this forum, search "Final Cut Express won't open," for some of them. Updating to FCE 4.01 is one solution. For HD it is another.

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As the title suggests, yesterday I installed Final Cut Express and I have come to launch Aperture and it wont launch. Giving me the below details:
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Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Aperture-1310000~1
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
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OK, supports recommendation works. He told me the App Store version has some issues with writing the pro files out (where the retail version does it correctly).
He had me uninstall (move) the app to my desktop, download and install the trial with the trial key, then replace the file with my App Store downloaded one.
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Ahhh ... now you tell us!
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Ok, anti-anti-virus rant over. Your easiest solution for the meantime is to turn on fast user switching and use your new clean account when you want to use your Pro Apps. For the long run, you might want to consider backing up / cloning your system, and then doing a full clean reinstall of both system and apps. Your Mac would thank you for it
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Have you run Diskwarrior and Disk Utitlity to make sure the drives are good?
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x

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Well, to repsond to Ian, I don't have FCE4. I have FCE3. I'll upgrade eventually, though.
And I have a Cannon FS20. I did what you said in the quicktime player. Here's the format:
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