Final cut stuck when opens on "Restoring the window layout"

The software crashed and after I started it again there was a mess of files which are not found although I downlaoded them from the camera.
Now the software doesn't show anything. Only gray screen and it is stuck on "restoring window layout"

Trash the Final Cut Pro Layouts folder like this
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4169

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