I installed the trial version of Storyline 2 today. I noticed that all of my .story icons had changed to S2. I became concerned that the files themselves had been converted also. Fearing the ramifications of such once the trial period was over, I uninstalled Storyline 2. Now I can't open any of my project files.
I've since discovered that the "old" files no longer mapped (is that the correct term?) to any program whatsoever.
For some reason, when I tried to use the Open with... or Browse options in order to "tell" it what program to use, it couldn't find Storyline.
Launching Storyline and then opening .story files from within the program itself worked, but once closed, the files no longer associated themselves with Storyline.
It wasn't until I saved one of the files under a new name, that all of the .story files remapped themselves to Storyline for good. Now I can open files from within the Storyline program or from the file in Windows Explorer.
You'll see the icon changed - but I'm still able to navigate to open a SL1 file in SL1 by right clicking and choosing the program from that list - or opening up SL1 and then choosing "Open" to see what files are available. Also, before SL2 was live, but I had a beta version installed and for about a week or so after being live - I was able to change the default program for my system and set it to open all .story files in SL1.
I am in the same predicament as Joy - my files are no longer associated with Storyline and it will not allow me to select Storyline as an "Open With" option. I tried Save As-ing one of my files like you suggested Joy but this did not help. What can I do to fix this?
Have you tried opening directly in Storyline? I know that the "open with" setting doesn't work for everyone, on all systems - so the documented method for opening SL1 files if you have SL2 installed is detailed here.
Hi Ashley - I am having the exact same problem as Joy - I had Storyline 2 installed, and all my projects automatically started opening with Storyline 2. My trial ended, I uninstalled Storyline 2, and now there is no program associated with my files. I have to browse through Storyline which wastes so much time. I just want it to go back to how it was.
I haven't seen any new posts from Joy since then - but I know when I first started using the Storyline 2 (beta) I was able to change the program default within my Windows ->Control panel to set it so that all .story files opened in Storyline 1. Have you looked into those settings?
I've tried all of these options and I continue to get the error message "The project cannot be opened. It may have been created in a newer version of Storyline." Please help. I need these projects to open asap.
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That's scary. I'm going to keep an eye on this thread before I activate my trial verison of Storyline 2...
Yes, Glen, it was!
I've since discovered that the "old" files no longer mapped (is that the correct term?) to any program whatsoever.
For some reason, when I tried to use the Open with... or Browse options in order to "tell" it what program to use, it couldn't find Storyline.
Launching Storyline and then opening .story files from within the program itself worked, but once closed, the files no longer associated themselves with Storyline.
It wasn't until I saved one of the files under a new name, that all of the .story files remapped themselves to Storyline for good. Now I can open files from within the Storyline program or from the file in Windows Explorer.
All's well. Whew!
Interesting. Well, if it's not going to be the death of all my hard work, time to give Storyline 2 a try!
Thanks for the quick answer, it allayed my fears!
Hi Glen,
You'll see the icon changed - but I'm still able to navigate to open a SL1 file in SL1 by right clicking and choosing the program from that list - or opening up SL1 and then choosing "Open" to see what files are available. Also, before SL2 was live, but I had a beta version installed and for about a week or so after being live - I was able to change the default program for my system and set it to open all .story files in SL1.
I am in the same predicament as Joy - my files are no longer associated with Storyline and it will not allow me to select Storyline as an "Open With" option. I tried Save As-ing one of my files like you suggested Joy but this did not help. What can I do to fix this?
Hi Erika,
Have you tried opening directly in Storyline? I know that the "open with" setting doesn't work for everyone, on all systems - so the documented method for opening SL1 files if you have SL2 installed is detailed here.
Hi Ashley - I am having the exact same problem as Joy - I had Storyline 2 installed, and all my projects automatically started opening with Storyline 2. My trial ended, I uninstalled Storyline 2, and now there is no program associated with my files. I have to browse through Storyline which wastes so much time. I just want it to go back to how it was.
Hi Erika,
I haven't seen any new posts from Joy since then - but I know when I first started using the Storyline 2 (beta) I was able to change the program default within my Windows ->Control panel to set it so that all .story files opened in Storyline 1. Have you looked into those settings?
I have. Now that I have uninstalled Storyline 2 it no longer even lists .story as a file type for me to change the default program for.
Hi Joy,
Have you tried to repair and reinstall Storyline 1? That repair method will remove any registry keys and lingering elements to start you anew.
Hi Ashley,
The repair method did not work, but I'm happy to report that a complete uninstall and install did. Thanks!
Thanks for the update Erika! Glad to hear that things are working for you now.
I've tried all of these options and I continue to get the error message "The project cannot be opened. It may have been created in a newer version of Storyline." Please help. I need these projects to open asap.
This method is not working.
Hi Ruth,
Did you go through all the repair steps detailed here? Were you only using the trial of Storyline 2, and have you removed that as described here?
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