Opening FCP project causes error

Just got a new macbook and FCP Express, when I try to open project from the desktop by clicking on the project file FCP keeps posting file not found messages, if I open from within the program that's going OPEN then finding the file all is okay and it opens the project, anyone know what this is all about. It never happened on older versions that I used to use.

So what version do you have?
How is the external hard drive formatted?
Have you set the external's permissions to "ignore ownership".
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That is a very large project file. Keep in mind that for FCP to be fast and responsive, it must load all the media, every transition and filter and all the sequences into active RAM. I would guess that you've pushed the application to its limit.
Is there any reason for this huge project? Could you break it down into sub-projects? Throw away old and outdated sequences and render files?
If I was in your lederhosen, I'd copy the file a number of times, in a way that made sense to you. Then, in each copy, get rid of things that do not pertain to your chosen "subject." For example, I'd name one sub-project Munich and delete everything that has no relation to Munich. And another "Trip to Brazil" and in that one delete Munich and everything else not related to Brazil.
Does that make sense? It might seem like a good idea to put EVERYTHING in one project file for ease of access, etc-- but if you've pushed the software to the limit, you are gaining exactly nothing.
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I made a project using FCP 5.1. on my 24' intel iMac, i did a media manage and moved the project file and all the files to an external hard drive. Now im trying to open the project up on a Mac pro G5, which had FCP 5.0 but i updated it to 5.1, but when i attempt to open the project file i get a "General Error (41)" message. What is happening, why won't it open?

Try opening FCP first and then open up the project directly from FCP's OPEN menu.
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Welcome to the forum!
Post the version of FCP you're running.
Try opening a new project file, then importing the captured clips into it... might fix this... If you trash your preferences for FCP found in the user/library/preferences/FCP User data folder, you can just click on the application and it won't try to open the last project file.
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Hi, I have searched on the forums and found similar questions, but no solution yet.
I created a project about a month ago (FCP 5.0.4) and now I need to make some additions but every time I open the file (or all of the 20 autosaved files) I get a general error message. I tried moving the media files to another folder, but I still get the general error message. I have the project file on my local drive and the scratch disk is a My Book drive (I forgot to reformat the drive so it is still Fat32). I have removed the preferences and ran disk first aid already.
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So what version do you have?
How is the external hard drive formatted?
Have you set the external's permissions to "ignore ownership".
x

Embedding a Captivate 7 SWF into a Captivate 7 project causing error "R6025".

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