One movie project opens as two movies

I had started to import video into an iMovie project when iMovie unexpectedly quit.
I reopened the project and started importing the clips again (from the start).
Now, whenever I open the project, TWO copies with the same open. That is, if I double clip on MyMovie, two windows entitled MyMovie open.
There is just the one copy of the project on my drive (visible or invisible). Why is it doubling?

Though I also have DFF 3.02 installed, I fixed the
problem without disabling it. I can't say what I did
exactly--I tried a half-dozen different approaches
(all involving messing with the project file), and
one worked. DFF did not need to be disabled.
Hi
I have the same problem
I solved it without disabling DF but
adding iMovie in the excluded list (DF prefs-settings-advanced)
This happened once before, and it also involved an
expected quit during import; in that case, I ended up
deleting the project file and starting from scratch.
I tried too starting from scratch but everytime same double problem
and the worst was when I was choosing from Editing or Themes or Media
It took forever to switch from one to another
Now it's back to normal.
I hope this could help

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