Yet another Motion crach on startup - dump seems different

I wanted to move all my FCS content off my MacBook Pro to an external pocket USB drive. I used AppZapper to remove the programs, then reinstalled. All appears to go well except for Motion, which (when booted) fails to show the serial number in the startup box, then it crashes with the following report:
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Command: Motion
Path: /Applications/Motion.app/Contents/MacOS/Motion
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 2.1.2 (2.1.2)
Build Version: 2
Project Name: Motion
Source Version: 1976100
PID: 248
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006)
Code[0]: 0x00000002
Code[1]: 0x00000000
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.Foundation 0x9281847f _NSRaiseError + 227
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9283f23f +[NSException raise:format:] + 57
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x9288a0a5 _NSDictionaryRaiseInsertNilValueException + 75
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x927cd483 -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:] + 146
4 com.apple.fxplugframework 0x000ba11c -[FxHost setSearchableURLs:forPlugInTypeUUID:] + 112
5 Ozone 0x010884bb OZApplication::ScanPlugins(PCString*) + 1051
6 Ozone 0x01023fb9 OZApplication::initialize(PCString*) + 17731
7 com.apple.motion 0x0000532a 0x1000 + 17194
8 com.apple.motion 0x00003522 0x1000 + 9506
9 com.apple.motion 0x0000343d 0x1000 + 9277
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90025027 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 7
1 com.apple.ColorSync 0x9159e6cf pthreadSemaphoreWait(t_pthreadSemaphore*) + 35
2 com.apple.ColorSync 0x915b8de0 CMMConvTask(void*) + 60
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024987 pthreadbody + 84
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00073000 ebx: 0x928183aa ecx: 0x90a649f8 edx: 0x0050c640
edi: 0x052028e0 esi: 0x05202980 ebp: 0xbfffe6f8 esp: 0xbfffe690
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000246 eip: 0x9281847f cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
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Tried Appzapping Motion and reinstalling from the disk - no change. Tried removing all fonts that I had added in the past 48 hours and killing the .plist - no help. A search of FontBook reveals no grumpy fonts.
Subquestion - If I have to reinstall MacOs, is there a reasonably painless way to move all my prefs and library stuff from my apps to the new system?
--drkenfp (1 hour's drive from the closest Genius Bar)
MacBook Pro 2.0GHz dual   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I have not installed anything custom. In my folder:
Home Drive > Library > Application Support > Final Cut Pro System Support > Plugins, I have the following:
Text Scrambler.bundle
Title 3d.bundle
Title Crawl.bundle
Vector Shape.bundle
In my folder:
Home Drive > Library > Application Support > ProApps > Internal Plug-ins, I have the following:
BrowserKit:iLife.bkplugin
FxPlug:Filters.bundle (which has a plain document icon, not a lego brick)
ProFX:FxPlugWrapper.plugin (lego brick icon)
In Home Drive > Library > Application Support > ProApps > Bundles, I have:
Motion.bundle (lego brick icon)
Soundtrack Pro Integration.bundle (plain document icon).
Now apart from the Final Cut Studio, I have just installed Adobe Web Design Premium CS3, and a Safari plug-in that displays sheet music. Nothing else...
Thanks for the prompt help.
--drkenfp (hoping that provides clues)

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    Project Name: Motion
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