Final Cut Not Starting

I click it to open and it brings up the splash screen and the just goes away.  I have tried restarting, checked for updates, and bought the program and have the actual disks and serial.  Anyway to fix this without re-installing?

and if neither of those work
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2591
re-installing may help, but it's rarely necessary.

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