Final Cut isn't working!

So my brother bought Final Cut Express awhile back, and he put it on our family account. A few months ago I made my own account and transferred Final Cut over, and it worked just fine...
But right now it will always crash and won't open on my account, it will open on my family account though! Does anyone know how to correctly transfer an application from one account to the other without the application quitting unexpectedly? Or is something wrong with only my account that won't allow it to open?

Hello Morgan122,
I'd suggest following through steps 7, 8 and 9 of the following article, as these target things that would only affect a particular user account on the computer (the others target issues that would affect multiple user accounts).
Final Cut Pro X: Troubleshooting basics
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3893
Cheers,
Allen

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