Hi ! I have some problems with handling my projects. My last projects don't appear in the file Studio 2017 < Projects. As a result, they do not appear in my list anymore in the program and I can't work on them (review the translation / create a return package). How can I make sure that my projects are both recorded in my personal file and in the file Studio 2017 < Projects? Thanks in advance!
Hi Malorie Moneaux,
If your projects have disappeared from your Projects View, it doesn't mean they are lost. You can open them via the 'Open Project' button in your Studio 2017 Projects View then navigate to where you keep your projects. If you've never chosen a different place in your file structure to save projects to, they will be in the Studio 2017 default Projects folder on your computer:
You can also find your projects via Windows Explorer:
C:\Users\your user name\Documents\Studio 2017\Projects
Double-click on a project file as highlighted here or right-click and select 'Open with Studio':
There are more than one possible reason why your projects have disappeared from your projects view but above I've shown you how to deal with the symptom rather than the cause...
I hope this helps!
All the best,
Alison :)
Hi Alison
My project disappeared from my project list and I couldn't load it using the method you described here. When I tried, I got the message: "This project has already been opend in SDL Trados Studio 2017and added to the project list". But I can't see the project in the project list.
I tried several methods to open the file and I always get this message.
Do you have any idea to help me?
Thank you.
Make sure your project filters in the "Navigation Pane" on the left are not set.
If you still cannot find the project, close Studio, go to Documents -> Studio 2017 -> Projects and open the Projects.xml in a decent text editor, then search for the project you cannot find and remove the entire project group for this project there. Then reopen Studio and reopen the project.
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Make sure your project filters in the "Navigation Pane" on the left are not set.
If you still cannot find the project, close Studio, go to Documents -> Studio 2017 -> Projects and open the Projects.xml in a decent text editor, then search for the project you cannot find and remove the entire project group for this project there. Then reopen Studio and reopen the project.
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Hi Jerzy.
I edited the XML file and it worked.
Thank you!
Cool, glad to hear. It was a quite uncommon idea.
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HelloJerzy Czopik
I have a similar issue as Juliana had. Could you please explain what do you mean by "...then search for the project you cannot find and remove the entire project group for this project there"? I have an XML file but I am not sure what I should to do with that.
Thank you in advance!
Hi Juliana!
Could you please advice what did you exactly do with the XML file? I have the same issue and I am not pretty sure what should I do with that file. Thank you in advance!
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I'm having the same problem. Just finished seven large files for a project and everything disappeared. Would love to know how to restore everything.
Make sure no project filter is activated. If so, just select "Open project" from the Projects view and go to your project location on the HDD, then open the project. It's quite simple.
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Yeah, no filters on. So, I would have to manually put them back on the list one by one? This seems rather laborious.
...especially since I have hundreds of projects, if not thousands.
And you really need them all there?
The file where projects are stored is this one: ...\Documents\Studio 2021\Projects\projects.xml
Make sure Studio always has access to this path. Also make a daily backup of this file (and of course of all your working files too!), this way you will never lose anything again.
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Well, it's really a question of how I am used to working. I refer to old projects all the time and I am used to seeing them all in the Projects tab. This simply means changing my working habits, which is also time-consuming and less simple compared to earlier. I have read a lot of posts about this problem and all mention the filters and that projects.xml file. I changed nothing in Trados and woke up the next day to the software resetting itself. I got the "welcome to Trados, see what's new" window. I despise Trados as it's so damn complicated - now I have to do all my settings all over again, and that was not an easy task, as I don't know what I'm doing. I would love to make sure Studio always has access to that path, but how!? My files are all backed up, as I have been a translator for 30 years, but Trados/Studio 2021 or whatever it's called just decided to wipe the slate clean.
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