Hello Daniela Winert ,

As the message appears to indicate, the error originates in the path where the project is saved.

I would question why there is the reference twice in tyhe path to ...Desktop\Desktop...!

If you are using Parallels, then the installation of both Studio and the projects should i think both be on the Parallels installation.

The path however indicates this is not the case and is saved to MAC (perhaps other users using MAC can confirm this).

Also its a good idea to post the full error stack, as this contains more information, that could be useful.

Hello Steven,

Repare didn't work, I have to reinstall the stuff.

Daniela Winert

It is highly unlikely a reinstall would resolve this issue.

Please try the following:

1.Make sure Studio (including the error message is closed)

2.Navigate to C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\Studio 2019\Projects

3.Rename the Projects.xml file

4.Start Studio and check if the issue still occurs

Note: You will have to import your projects back into Studio after this is finished.

Bogdan 

Draga Bogdan,

Multumesc pentru sfat, dar am deinstalt deja studio. I will try your solution and let you know if it worked and yes, you are right, the error was already there and the previous reinstallation a week ago did nothing, or only temporarily.

Dear Bogdan,

The reinstallation seems to work, Studio started, I renamed this file as .xml, did I do that right? As for Steven's advice about saving in an extra folder, I now have extra folders on Windows for Studio. Since I work on Parallels, I thought that the folders are shared anyway and that it doesn't matter where the files are stored. Is that wrong?

Dear Bogdan,

The reinstallation seems to work, Studio started, I renamed this file as .xml, did I do that right? As for Steven's advice about saving in an extra folder, I now have extra folders on Windows for Studio. Since I work on Parallels, I thought that the folders are shared anyway and that it doesn't matter where the files are stored. Is that wrong?

Daniela Winert

Great that this is resolved.

To avoid issues when using Studio on MacOs it is recommended to actually disable the Shared Folders and Shared Profile features in your virtual machine software. This removes the folder connection between your Mac and Windows operating systems, and disallows document sharing between the two. All folders containing projects, TMs and so on should be stored strictly on the Windows side with no connection to the Mac side.

To actually do this please try the following:

1. Open Virtual Machine > Configuration > Options > Shared Folders.
2. Click the Share these Mac folders field and select None to disable the Mac folders sharing.
3. In the User-defined Mac OS X folders table, manually remove any shared folders, by selecting it and clicking Remove ( - ).
4. Now open Shared Profile from the left side of this window. It is located under Options > Shared Profile.
5. Disable Shared Profile by removing the checkbox next to Enable.
6. Click OK. Reboot your virtual machine.

If this is not the way to accomplish this in your version of Parallels you will need to check how to remove the shared folders structure in your Parallels user guide.

Best regards,

Bogdan