SFTP crashes when importing favorites

every time I try to import my favorites.dat from another smartftp (same version) it crashes with the message:

An exception has occured in this application...

+-- OS --------------------------------------------
PlatformID = 2
Version = 5.1.2600

+-- SmartFTP --------------------------------------
Version = 1.0.979.7
Build Date = 2003-11-06 18:26:29

+-- Crash -----------------------------------------
Time Stamp = 20040522025315
hWnd = 0x1F049E (2032798)
nMsg = 0x111 (273)
wParam = 0x9F95 (40853)
lParam = 0x0 (0)

Window Class = 'SmartFTP_FavoritesViewClass'
Window Title = 'Favorites'

Exception Code = 0xC0000005 (Access Violation)
Exception Flags = 0x0 (0)
Additional Exceptions = no
Address of Exception = 0x422ECB (4337355)
Number of additional parameters = 2
Parameter[0] = 0x1 (1)
Parameter[1] = 0x3C (60)

Call Stack:

0x00422ecb 0x0044b49f 0x0044c293


how could I have my favorites back? :/