IWeb 09 crashed and will not reopen

Question

I have a problem with iWeb.
When editing a webpage in iWeb (adding a second album) the software froze for a few minutes , then crashed. When prompted, I clicked on reopen, but it failed. I tried again with the reset and reopen option. This failed too. I repeated this several times, reset the machine but nothing worked. i tried again today but the same thing happened. I deleted from the iweb folder the galleries i thought were causing the problem, but it had no effect. I've been looking here in the forums, and tried deleting the preference file, restarting then doing a 'fix permission' in the disc utility. IWeb still refuses to open. I'm a new Mac user, and not sure if i can simply uninstall or delete iWeb 09, then reinstall it from the iLife 09 disc.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer 1

That could mean there's a damaged preference file other than iWeb's that's causing the problem. Before you go to that trouble try the following:
Trouble Shooting Preferences in Leopard
1 - Create a folder titled "Preferences A" on the Desktop.
2 - Open the working Preferences folder, HD/Users/your_name/Library/Preferences, and move the contents to the Preferences A folder on the Desktop.
3 - Make a duplicate copy of the Preferences A folder on the Desktop as a precautionary backup.
4 - With the working Preferences folder empty run the application again and determine if the problems is fixed.
NOTE: you may have to drag the contents of the working folder to the trash and empty if moving the contents to the A folder only copies them instead of moving.
5 - If the problem is fixed:
A - open the working Preferences folder (HD/Users/your_name/Library/Preferences).
B - Open the Preferences A folder on the Desktop, select all of the contents and drag them into the working Preferences folder.
C - When the Copy window pops up check the "Apply to All" check box and then click on the Don't Replace button as seen here.
6 - If the problem is NOT fixed, empty the working Preferencess folder and move the contents of the Preferences folder on the desktop back into it.