Project cannot be opened

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Hello Paul, 
 I am using Studio 2022 SR2, on my Mac (with Parallels) but my drives are mapped now. 
 I received a package with one small file to translate, which I did. 
 But when I return to the it, the day after, impossible to open the file .sdlproj, that was extracted from the package. 
 It simply says "the selected project could not be opened". 
 I tried to open it in different ways, first opening Trados and browsing to the file OR opening the file by clicking on it. 
 I have tried many times. 
 The problem is I could not access the ressources in the project and add the ones I was supposed to. 
 I have no idea where the problem is. 
 Maybe with a package, it sets up the project and generate the files by default, but not the right way... 
 I really need to fix this as I am supposed to onboard a very important project with them that will start in a few weeks and the agency is one of the best ones. 
 Please also give me alternatives as to how get help other than from this forum... 
 Thank you very much

Paul · Answer

Marie-Pierre Koch 
 Can you: 
 
 Then save the file to your desktop and then attach it to your reply to this post.

Paul · Answer

Marie-Pierre Koch 
 
 Thanks... I think the most likely explanation is that the mapped drive (e.g. \Mac\Home\...) was either: 
 
 remapped with a different path, or 
 not available or visible to Windows (Parallels) at the time Trados tried to access the project again. 
 
 When Trados loads a project, it doesn&rsquo;t just look at the .sdlproj file, it tries to validate all file paths listed in it, including: 
 
 the source file(s) 
 the target file(s) 
 translation memories 
 termbases 
 any references in the ProjectSettings.xml 
 
 If any of those point to paths like \Mac\... and they are temporarily unreachable (e.g. network mapping delayed, Parallels not mounting properly, etc.), then Studio will fail to load the project altogether - hence the DirectoryNotFoundException.

But having said this, it could also be related to OneDrive on Windows. Trados Studio relies on immediate, local availability of all files referenced in a project. When OneDrive is enabled Files may not really be disk. OneDrive may display files and folders, but they are marked as "online-only". So when Studio attempts to read or verify a file (e.g. the SDLXLIFF or a TM), if that file hasn&rsquo;t been downloaded locally yet, it will throw a DirectoryNotFoundException or FileNotFoundException. 
 So if you signed out of OneDrive or the sync path was altered (e.g. C:\Users\marie-pierrekoch\OneDrive\Documents becomes C:\Users\marie-pierrekoch\OneDrive - CompanyName\Documents), then Studio will no longer be able to resolve paths in the .sdlproj file. Even if the files do exist, if OneDrive hasn't finished syncing or hasn't made them available to the system yet when Studio starts loading, it will still error out. 
 Unfortunately working with a MAC does add some complexity to your process. 
 Perhaps you can confirm some of this (in terms of what you are doing) to help troubleshoot this further?

Paul · Answer

Marie-Pierre Koch We will be pleased to help you with this problem so have logged a support case on your behalf. We do prioritise customers who have a support contract so please keep in mind it could take up to 48 hours, especially over a weekend, but rest assured we will contact you as soon as we can. You will be contacted at the email address used for this Community. Support Case Id : CS0008751.

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