Folder actions problem

so I wanted to finally start playing with folder actions but I've run into a problem right out of the gate:

when I enter "configure folder actions" the folder actions setup app hangs with a spinning beachball and I start getting "connection failed. server may not exist or is not operational" errors.

checking console yields the following:

4/24/09 12:50:21 PM /Applications/AppleScript/Folder Actions Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Folder Actions Setup[359]

CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.

4/24/09 12:50:21 PM /Applications/AppleScript/Folder Actions Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Folder Actions Setup[359]

CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.

then it just sits.

has anyone ever seen anything like this? I'm totally lost.

thanks in advance.