Why won't iMovie 11 open after installing lion?

I recently installed OS X Lion on my early 2008 Macbook and iMovie 11 worked perfectly. However, I just upgraded my internal hard drive to 500gb. I then reinstalled the new OS X Lion on this hard drive and used Time Machine to import all my files and applications including iMovie 11. However, now iMovie will not open. The menu bar shows that the application is running, however, there are no windows open and I can't open any projects. I have run software update many times and it states that it is up-to-date (iMovie 9.0.4). I even redownloaded iLife and resinstalled everything, but it still won't open. Any suggestions?

Try removing these two files (must be removed at the same time)
1: Quit iMovie 11
2: Remove: {your local home account}>Library>Preferences>com.apple.iApps.plist
AND
3: Remove: {your local homeaccount}>Library>Preferences>com.apple.iMovieApp.plist
These files will be recreated when you launch iMove
4: Start up iMovie 11 (should show your movie again)
Good Luck. Work Great!
PS...
Got Lion? (user prefs is hidden)- Here is how to find the user library preferences. Then you can remove the files as described. This will fix iMovie launching and showing the windows.
Use Go To Folder The Go To Folder command, in the Finder’s Go menu (also accessible by pressing Shift+Command+G). Just type ~/Libraryand click Go to view the folder.

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