Restore old fce files

Some years ago I used Final Cut Express (3.5.1) for video editing. For some reasons (too complicated, no further support from Apple?) I went back to iMovie and recently to Adobe Premiere. Now I have the problem that old files in fce format do not open anymore and When I try the system askes for licence-data, which I don't have anymore after all those years. Is there a way to restore or convert these files to mp4 or any other format that can be handled by iMovie and/or Adobe Premiere? Also I am surpised that there is an acive FCE community, I thought Apple stopped supporting the application???

Hello, and welcome to the FCE Forum. Apple Discussions are supported by users (volunteers) just like you. This is not the Apple Support Organization.
While FCE was in fact discontinued back in June 2011, there are still many users making good use of the program.
When you say "files in fce format" exactly what do you mean? Do you mean your FCE projects, or video clips you imported into FCE or finished videos you exported from FCE? The projects themselves (files ending in .fcp) cannot be used by iMovie or other applications except for the (also discontinued) Final Cut Pro/Studio.
However ...
Video clips that you imported into FCE are all QuickTime (QT) files and may be used by iMovie, QuickTime, Final Cut Pro X and other editing apps that support QT/DV and-or QT/AIC. Clips that you imported into FCE reside on your hard disk - they are not "inside" FCE. As long as you still have the clip files you can reuse them.
Finished video that you exported from FCE may be different file types depending on how you exported your videos. If they are self-contained QuickTime files then you can reuse them the same as clips you originally imported into FCE. If you exported video as MPEG4 or H.264 (the most common non-QT export types), those files should be usable in iMovie, Final Cut Pro X and other editing apps.

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