How do I stop Imovie from automatically searching for videos when I open up program. I can't do anything when this happens. I checked my pref and it's not set to automatically do this.

How do I stop Imovie from automatically searching for videos when I open the program. It will not allow me to do anything and I cannot start a new session.

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