Final Cut Pro 5 won't launch

Hello,
I'm having an odd situation.
I have FCP 5, and I was using it earlier tonight just fine.
Now though, whenever I click on a project file, or the FCP icon in the dock, I see the licensing screen pop up for a second, watch some numbers process, and it all looks like it's about to open up into FCP as normal...
Then suddenly, nothing. The light beneath the FCP icon in the dock disappears, and the licensing window disappears, and that's it. No FCP screen.
I went to disk utility and repaired disk permissions, and then rebooted in safe mode and restarted again, but that didn't help.
Does anyone have any idea what's causing this? Thanks in advance.

corrupt preferences ... read just about any of the other dozen or so threads within walking distance of this one and you'll find the instructions on how to delete those prefs
oh alright then heres one:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1654058&tstart=0

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I should have been more specific in my suggestions.
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http://www.larryjordan.biz/fcp-x-advanced-trouble-shooting/
http://www.lafcpug.org/Tutorials/basic_fcpx_share_export.html
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Path:            /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier:      com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version:         ???
Build Info:      FCPApp-1008261348~8
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
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Responsible:     Final Cut Pro [1439]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2014-05-27 12:18:59.448 +0530
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
Report Version: 11
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Crashed Thread: 0
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0x902b4000 - 0x904b6fff com.apple.CoreFoundation (6.9 - 855.16) <6283B27F-3C46-365F-932C-1A7102D8A3CF> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
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Use this free app to trash the preferences. This should be the first thing you try when any problems occur.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
2. Open Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
3. Trash FCP using this free app and reinstall it.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/
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Aha! I was able to solve the problem thanks to the help of another editor.
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Open FCSvr again, and Java will prompt you as to allow it or not. Click Allow and tell it to remember for future use.
Badabing, badaboom! FCSvr is back up and running!
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