Final Cut x can't find my events or projects

Final Cut x can't find my events or projects. I've tried removing the events and projects and put them back into the right folders again but when I start up Final Cut X, the screen looks like a new installed application. Only "New Event" is on the list. I've even tried removing events and projects and tried putting them back one at a time to see if the reason could be a corrupt file or similar, but with the same result.
I've also tried to take some unused events and projects from backup disks and put them into the folders but Final Cut X still don't see any of it. So it doesn't seem that any of the folders or files are corrupted. I quit Final Cut X as usual yesterday and the problem occured 2 hours later when I opened the application.
I've googled the problem since yesterday but haven't found a solution yet. I've even tried re-installing the application twice but nothings helps.
Does anyone have an idea of what it could be? Or have tried anything similar?
Hope you can help. Thanks!

Hi again Andy.
Thanks for your quick replies. I'm back again now.
My Projects and Events are located in the Movies folder. The subfolders are called "Final Cut Events" and "Final Cut Projects"
They were originally located here from the beginning.
I did move the folders to backup disks and I've formatted the computer a couple of times since I purchased Final Cut X several months ago. I've always moved the folders back to the very same place each time I re-installed my computer and everything has worked fine that way until yesterday. I haven't moved or re-located the folders for at least 3-4 weeks.

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