IMovie events and projects on external HD but optimizes every time, how do I stop this?

iMovie 11 v 9.0.9 I have the events and clips on an external HD and every time I start iMovie it "optizimizes" then "processing Events".  How do I stop this repetitive and long process?

It might be worth trying a complete uninstall/reinstall of iTunes and related componentry, as per the following troubleshooting document:
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