Unable to open file. File not found.
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Connie Williams
In my basic Project Window, I have suddenly discovered that 'the file cannot be found.' I can see that somehow the name of my project has become altered. Probably the cause? My backup in Documents and another in an external drive seem to be unaffected. Could you point me to an instruction to read and learn from if there is one? I am still in FH6 and have not tried to get to grips with 7 yet. Connie |
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Robert Jordan
Connie Strangely enough this happened to me today. I use 3rd party software to back up and from that it seems that the .gedcom file mysteriously disappeared and I was able to do a reverse back up to put the file back. I would hesitate to offer advice on how you can restore it except to say the backup/ restore facilities do not work. I would suggest you look at your back up files in in the drive that does work and make a note of where the .gedcom file is, then check to see if it is in the same location on your main drive if it is not there you could copy it from backup and paste it onto main drive in exactly the same place Robert Jordan |
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If the name of the Project has changed then that is probably the cause. The FHUG Knowledge Base has an article on Project Structure: https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/understanding-projects/
There are four folders and files that are crucial to a valid Project structure. Under the Family Historian Projects folder, there is the Project folder. If the Project name is XYZ then that folder is named XYZ In that folder is the FH Project File named XYZ.fh_proj Also, there is the FH data folder named XYZ.fh_data That holds the GEDCOM file named XYZ.ged
If any one of those is disrupted then the Project has problems.
Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Connie Williams
Sent: 31 January 2021 21:10 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: [family-historian] Unable to open file. File not found.
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