Reinstalling Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro has been causing me problems. I suspect that it might be due to a corrupted file, as when I trashed the preferences it was still giving me trouble. So I have decided to reinstall final cut pro.
I reinstalled Final Cut Pro once before about a year ago due to a different problem, but the installation CDs prompted me to reinstall all of Final Cut Studio which takes about 3 hours.
So I have two questions related to that. Is it possible to just erase and reinstall only final cut pro without having to reinstall the entire studio? And my second questions is, since a corrupted file might be the problem that is causing Final Cut Pro to act buggy, would it be wiser anyway to reinstall the entire studio since all of the programs in Final Cut Studio seem to share files in common?
Thanks.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2192671&tstart=0
Also note that a clean install will most always provide the best results. A "clean install" includes backing up all data on your boot drive, then reformatting it, then re-installing the OS, followed by the applications and updates.
-DH

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