Hi
When you say say that you can't create a project, are you saying that you can't Add clips to the timeline and edit them? If you can do this then what you have is your project. It should also play in the sequence preview window and you should be able to save it as a .vpj file.
What settings are you trying when you attempt to export? Are you getting any screen messages when you try to do this?
At the very least you should be able to export your work as an avi file.
Try the latest version......
https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/versions.html
and see if it is any different.
Nat