A bit off the point of your post. But I want to make sure you know about Apple's RADICAL change in upgrade to Final Cut STUDIO from FCP 4 - $199 for universal FCS at end of March offer through beginning of December 2006. <http://www.apple.com/universal/crossgrade/> have you tried the SF Cutters or LAFCP or 2-pop? You can get the URLs via Google. -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley URL http://FutureMedia.org RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/FutureMedia iTunes http://tinyurl.com/8ql87 barcroft (gizmo) kungax (Skype) kungag5 (iChat-AIM) On Feb 12, 2006, at 4:32 PM, Fozard wrote: > Couldn't get a response on a Final Pro Users' Group. perhaps > someone here can assist me: > > Because of various problems I've trashed FCP 4.0 & 4.5 prefs, POA > cache, FCP Plist, thumbnail cache & data. Now when I open FCP the > option of opening "recent projects" is gone. > > I've also lost my "Favorites" and the ability to select "open last > project" in Preferences setup. > > When I set up new Favorites, close FCP, then reopen, the Favorites > are no longer there and the windodw arrangement looks like it > reverts to a default. > > What have I done & how can I get FCP back to "normal" operation? > > Thanks. > > SHALOM