IDVD Window Will Not Show

I have 2 monitors hooked up to my laptop and I when I try to Create a New Project or Open Existing Project in iDVD, I can not see any windows. There is music from the files playing but I can not see any windows. I've tried disconnected the external monitors and that didn't work. I can open up MagicDVD just fine as well. How can I get my windows to show back up?

The first things to try are to delete preferences and do a permissions repair.
To delete preferences, close iDVD and trash the file com.apple.iDVD.plist found in User (the house icon)/Library/Preferences. iDVD will create a new .plist file on relaunch.
To repair permissions, use the Disk Utility app found in the Utilities folder on your Mac. Do this before relaunching iDVD.
Then restart your computer and launch iDVD.

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