"Cannot load file" error pop up

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comfortkills
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"Cannot load file" error pop up

Post by comfortkills » Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:52 pm

Help needed! I recorded 3 episodes last weekend and edited two of them. I returned to the 3rd one today and this occurred (please see screenshots below). Is there any hope to recover this?

Disclaimer: I did clean up all my files and moved it from the original location it saved to from the desktop to a folder on the desktop - did not delete any of the extraneous files that come with the download.
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Re: "Cannot load file" error pop up

Post by steve » Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:39 pm

There should be a "_data" folder:
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To recover the project, you need to find that folder and ensure that it is in the correct place (as shown above)
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