Problem Exporting as a Catalog

I am suddenly unable to export a folder as a catalog in Lightroom 3 (Lightroom 3, iMac, Lion).
I select the folder and click File>Export as Catalog, and nothing happens.
This behavior only occurs with certain folders with no rhyme or reason.
I really need to export and transfer a project from my iMac to my MacBook pro.
Thanks.

Problem solved.
A helpful person suggested resetting LR preferences, and that did the trick.

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Look at the catalog on the Windows machine and make sure the folders are shown as a hierarchy (http://www.lightroomqueen.com/blog/2008/12/17/i-have-a-long-list-of-folders-can-i-change-i t-to-show-the-folder-hierarchy/) and set them up that way if they're not.
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