Reconnect Media Bug

Hi,
Keep hitting the same bug in FCPS2 Final Cut when reconnecting media and wondered if anyone else was aware of it and had a workaround. I'm reconnecting footage in FCP and searching drives for it to relink (onlining an offline FCP project). If whilst its searching I come out of Final Cut and go to the finder or a browser and then go back in when the search has failed, none of the buttons respond. This means I have to force quit FCP and start from scratch.
Thanks

Report that to FCP Feedback.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html
Meanwhile, remember the joke about the guy who went in to see his doctor and said, "Doc, whenever I hold my arms up like this, it hurts."
The doctor said, "Well, don't do that, then."

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