Problem Opening iMovie '09

Whenever I attempt to open iMovie '09, the icon will bounce on the dock but the small white dot under it that indicates that it is running never appears. However, if I enter the Force Quit menu, iMovie appears to be running. I have reinstalled iMovie from the provided Applications CD but the problem persists. I might be doing something wrong in the reinstallation. Should I uninstall it before inserting the applications CD with a program such as CleanMyMac or AppCleaner? What should I do?

I have this same problem, only when I open it, it bounces on the dock forever, then after 20 minutes, it quits. I went to the Apple Store, and they helped me fix it. Try opening another user account on your mac. (ie: Username: apple .password: apple .) Then open iMovie in that user. If it works, then it is a problem in your main user account (administrator). Try uninstalling any new software you put on your Mac, and go from there.

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