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Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 1, 2009 at 6:05:37 pm

I decided to (rename) change the name of a project that had lots of sequences. When I did this the project was blank as if I was new. How can I get the old project & it's sequences back. I worked for three months on this. I use avid liquid 7. Thanks, Jeff

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 1, 2009 at 6:48:46 pm

Liquid does not allow for changing the name of a project. Did you change the name in XP directly?

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 1, 2009 at 6:52:46 pm

No I just right cliked on the project & changed the name.

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 1, 2009 at 6:59:34 pm

You mean in the Liquid Open Project dialog box or where? Are we talking about renaming a whole project or just a sequence in a project?

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 1, 2009 at 7:47:23 pm

I just checked this. If you right clicked and changed the name in the Open Project dialog box, you will see the result you have now. You cannot change Liquid project names. You must go back and put the name back exactly the way it was before you changed it, including the .project extension to get your project back and working again.

The only way to change the name of a project is to go to File>Manage Projects>Save a Copy and create a copy under the new name and then open that and use it for your project going forward.

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 1, 2009 at 8:07:58 pm

Thanks for your advice. The only problem is I can't remember The orginal file. Is there a way to find that out.

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 1, 2009 at 8:19:35 pm

So should I right click on the new name & change it back to the old name. Do I need to do anything after that?

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 1, 2009 at 10:49:46 pm

Yes, that is all you should need to do. But the name must be exactly as it was before you changed it.

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 1, 2009 at 11:02:18 pm

Hi Lew, How can I find out what the name of the old project was. Any Ideas?

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 2, 2009 at 12:53:19 am

Liquid projects are made up of two files. One is the .project file whose name you changed. Another is a locked file that actually contains the project information and has the same name as the .project file but without the .project extension. Find that file and rename the .project file to the same name but with the .project extension. The .project file is a 0 byte file, BTW.

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 2, 2009 at 3:03:46 pm

Hi Lew, thanks for all your great information. I wonder if you could help me find out where my locked files are on Avid. Thanks, Jeff

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 2, 2009 at 3:31:15 pm

Assuming you left your project storage at the default location it would be

C:Program filesAvidAvid Liquid 7Projects

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 2, 2009 at 5:08:23 pm

I can't find anything in there that has 0 Bytes. How do I know if this is the default. I know I put rendering in an external drive. Can I find out some where in control panel. Thanks

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Lew Schatzer on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:44:29 pm

Sorry, I can't help you anymore. Find out where your projects are stored on your hard drives (you can do that from withing Liquid by looking at the Open Project dialog and see where the files are located or do a drive search for *.project) and you will see each project is made up of two files as I explained earlier. Find the matching file to the one you changed and fix it. This is not that difficult.

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Re: Project gone when I changed name
by Jeff Morrison on Jul 2, 2009 at 8:34:19 pm

No I still can't find it. I have looked everywhere & did a search, but there is nothing. Oh well I guess I'll start over. Thanks for all your help in this, Jeff

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