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Publish/Preview not working
I'm new to Storyline and have developed a short project, but am not able to preview it. When I press preview I am shown a blank screen. When I try to publish the project I am unable to view it.
-Megan
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- MeganWalshCommunity Member
- PeterAndersonFormer Staff
Hi Megan

I have no problems previewing or publishing your course. See the published version here. Along the lines of what Bruce was getting at, can you take a look at this article and see if it resolves the issue? Let us know...
Thanks!
- MeganWalshCommunity Member
Hi Peter,
What article are you referring to?
-Megan
- PeterAndersonFormer Staff
Yep, that's the one. Thanks, Bruce. And sorry about forgetting the link, Megan. Here's another helpful one with in-depth troubleshooting steps for unexpected behavior.
- PriyankaKramerCommunity Member
I know this was a while ago but I have the same problem. I've done everything the articles recommended. Still Preview freezes and I have to shut down Storyline and I cannot get the published version to play. I also tried doing Save As. Nothing. Please help!
Hello Priyanka,
Sorry to hear that you've run into a similar problem.
Curious if the issue happens in any course you are working on or just this particular one?
If you cannot re-create the issue in a new course, I would advise to import the file into a new one and proceed.
If it's happening in any/all files, you should certainly conduct a repair of your software.
- PriyankaKramerCommunity Member
Leslie, yes with all files. This only happens in SL3. I've repaired it multiple times, still no luck. I'm having to replicate a SL3 course right now and not sure how to work through it. SL2 works just fine. I've reached out to Support but haven't heard back yet.
Whew! Going back on me Priyanka.
I see where you reached out to the support team yesterday.
I sent an e-mail via your support case so that we can get your file to take a look, since you've already done some troubleshooting as you mentioned here.
Be sure to attach that, so that one of our support engineers can take a look and help you out.
- LuckasJeffCommunity Member
Priyanka , I had the same problem ... in my case I think that the program was on drive C ...in a place where the program didn't have total permission ...to read .. record ...
So I copied the folder from c:/program files to the folder my documents and the problem was solved.
try to change the directory .....ok ?
Thanks for chiming in to help here Luckas and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
- PriyankaKramerCommunity Member
Thank you all! Update: It was an admin issue where I didn't have admin rights for SL3.
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