Cannot access Project Settings after adding termbases

Hello,

I am proofreading a large agency package based on OCRed Word files. Most are clean, one or two are not. Upon adding our DE -> EN termbases the package broke (cannot access Project settings anymore).

The attached "universally popular and applicable" error message also crops up when opening the SDLXLIFFs.

EDIT: Now I can sometimes open Project Settings again, but not Termbase Settings in there.

Luckily, the SDLXLIFFs remain updateable and can be opened.

The version I have is 2024 SR1 - 18.1.2.6370.

Cheers,

Sebastian Witte

<SDLErrorDetails time="15.09.2025 19:38:29">
  <ErrorMessage>Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.</ErrorMessage>
  <Exception>
    <Type>System.NullReferenceException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</Type>
    <ExceptionMessage>Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.</ExceptionMessage>
    <HelpLink />
    <Source>Sdl.ProjectApi.Implementation</Source>
    <HResult>-2147467261</HResult>
    <StackTrace><![CDATA[   bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Implementation.ProjectTermbaseConfigurationProvider.ReviewTermbaseNames(String termbaseName)
   bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Implementation.ProjectTermbaseConfigurationProvider.GetTermbases(TermbaseConfiguration termbaseConfigurationXml)
   bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Implementation.ProjectTermbaseConfigurationProvider.GetTermbaseConfiguration(TermbaseConfiguration termbaseConfigurationXml)
   bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Implementation.AbstractProjectConfigurationRepository.GetTermbaseConfiguration(IRelativePathManager pathManager)
   bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Implementation.AbstractProjectConfiguration.get_TermbaseConfiguration()
   bei Sdl.TranslationStudio.Editor.Terminology.TermAccessProvider.GetTermbases(ITranslatableDocument document)
   bei Sdl.TranslationStudio.Editor.Terminology.TermAccessProvider.RegisterDocument(ITranslatableDocument document)
   bei Sdl.TranslationStudio.Editor.Terminology.TermAccessProvider._editorService_ActiveDocumentChanged(IDocument document)
   bei Sdl.TranslationStudio.Api.Editor.DocumentEventHandler.Invoke(IDocument document)
   bei Sdl.TranslationStudio.Editor.EditorService.set_ActiveDocument(IDocument value)
   bei Sdl.TranslationStudio.Editor.EditorView.OnActiveViewPartChanged(IViewPart viewPart)
   bei Sdl.Desktop.Platform.AbstractDockingView.Control_ActiveViewPartChanged(IViewWithParts view, IViewPart viewPart)
   bei Sdl.Platform.UI.ViewControlBase.OnActiveViewPartChanged(IViewPart viewPart)
   bei Sdl.Platform.UI.ViewControlBase.InternalActivateViewPart(IViewPart viewPartToActivate)
   bei Sdl.Platform.UI.TabbedViewControl.tracker_Activated(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   bei Sdl.Platform.UI.ActiveControlTracker.control_GotFocus(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   bei System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnGotFocus(EventArgs e)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeGotFocus(Control toInvoke, EventArgs e)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmSetFocus(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)]]></StackTrace>
  </Exception>
  <Environment>
    <ProductName>Trados Studio</ProductName>
    <ProductVersion>Studio18</ProductVersion>
    <EntryAssemblyFileVersion>18.1.2.6370</EntryAssemblyFileVersion>
    <OperatingSystem>Microsoft Windows 11 Home</OperatingSystem>
    <ServicePack>NULL</ServicePack>
    <OperatingSystemLanguage>1031</OperatingSystemLanguage>
    <CodePage>1252</CodePage>
    <LoggedOnUser>DESKTOP-SVB6ICH\sw</LoggedOnUser>
    <DotNetFrameWork>4.0.30319.42000</DotNetFrameWork>
    <ComputerName>DESKTOP-SVB6ICH</ComputerName>
    <ConnectedToNetwork>True</ConnectedToNetwork>
    <PhysicalMemory>33466748 MB</PhysicalMemory>
  </Environment>
</SDLErrorDetails>



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[edited by: Astrid Elke Witte at 6:26 PM (GMT 1) on 15 Sep 2025]
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