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Storyline is locked by another process
Thanks, Debra for sharing here and helping out others who may run into the same issue. How often do you shut down Storyline and your computer? One of the best practices outlined here is to not leave the Storyline application open and unattended for long periods of time. If you leave the application running overnight, it’s possible that a malware scan or disk backup could run because the machine is idle, making your application vulnerable to crashing.
Define "long periods of time". I have storyline 360 running most of the day as I move from one task to another for various clients. To close it every time I'll be away from it for 15- minutes to an hour is not a workflow I can live with. I have other programs like Premiere, Illustrator or Photoshop open for hours at a time with complex projects running and as long as I save often and before i jump to another task I have had no issues with those programs. I close storyline 360 at the end of my work day, but don't always shut down my computer.... I just let it go to sleep. Some things I leave up like Teams and Outlook and Skype because most of my co-workers live in different time zones and some questions need answering asap.
