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How do I open in Storyline from a Zip file?
I worked on a project, zipped it, made a SCORM and then sent it off to the customer. Someone else, on their side, made edits. So now they have sent me a zip file and I can't figure out how to get it back into Articulate. I just have a bunch of files. Please help!
Hi jennifer
they need to send you back the source .story file for you to make edits. The published output files cannot be opened in Storyline.
so they just sent me the file name with a .story at the end. I think it's
the same thing. I'm trying to open it and all I see are files:(Should it open up in Storyline when I unzip and extract it if it's in the right format and has .story?
Or will it not be a zip..... ahhhhh
Sorry not sure what you mean ?
The .story is the source file and some browsers change the extension to .zip (not sure why).
One of these may work:
- Extract the zip file and look for the file .story
- Right click and rename the .zip to .story if you are sure the source file is there
- From the place you are downloading it, before download right click and do save link as and it should allow you to change to .story file.
If none of those work, and you're happy to share what they have sent you I'll try for you.
Thank you so much! Turns out, I was the last person who published it. No one touched it after me like I was told, so I am saved for now. If it ever happens again I'll look back on this. I really appreciate it and feel so much better now:)
Glad to hear it Jennifer - good luck with your project!
Hi JP and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
This conversation is a bit dated, but are you experiencing difficulty opening a .story file?
If you only have the zipped published output, this will not include the .story file.
Hello! Bringing up an old topic here. Our IT department accidentally wiped all of my Storyline files. They are currently in our LMS and I am able to extract the zip file.
Is there any way that I can open this file within Storyline? HELP!
Thank you so much!
There is not. :( Once the cake is baked, you can't pull out individual ingredients. IT owes it to you to recover at least a backup.
Fortunately, you only lose back to your last backup.
If you don't make backups, and store them someplace where neither IT, nor gremlins can access all of them at one time - well, now you know why I never trust anybody (not even myself) with my last copy of anything.
Any new updates to this? I am in the same boat. A former teammate only uploaded the zipped file to our shared drive and I cannot file the STORY file. I need to maker some changes to the project and would hate to have to start from scratch.
- Hi Casey,Walt’s post above is still true. The .story cannot be extracted from published output. If your IT department still has access to your former teammate’s computer or backup files, you might be able to retrieve a version of the file by searching for the .story file with the same name as your .zip file or even a temp file.
Here’s how.- Open this folder in Windows Explorer: %appdata%\Articulate\Storyline
- Scan the contents of this folder for a file that starts with the name of the project. If found, copy it to the desktop. If there’s more than one, copy the latest version to the desktop.
- Change the file extension of the copy on the desktop from *.tmp to *.story.
- Double-click the file to open it in Storyline.
I hope this helps!
