Final cut pro 6 not able to find movie during launch

hi,
everytime i launch final cut pro 6 it comes up with a message telling me a 'movie file cannot be found' and that 'without this file the movie cannot play properly'
the file is there, it has not been renamed
this happens no matter what project i try and open, even if i just click on the final cut icon in the dock
i've deleted the pref and the obj caches
still no luck - any ideas?!?

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Try fcp rescue (http://fcprescue.andersholck.com/) or just recapture your file...

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