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ChrisMangione
Community Member
12 years ago

This project is invalid or corrupt......

I updated Storyline due to the latest release.  I then attempted to open a file I had been working on just previous to this release and now I receive the error message - "This project is invalid or...
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AshleyT-Pollard's avatar
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
12 years ago

Hi Chris and welcome to Heroes!

I'm sorry to hear about the difficulty you're having with your file. First you'll want to check the following which could have caused file corruption:

  • Work on your local drive (your C: drive).Working on a network drive or a USB drive can cause erratic behavior, includingfile corruption, loss of audio, and other unexpected behavior. 
  • You should also make sure the directory pathto your project files and your published output is less than 260 characters(for example C:\Articulate).
  • Avoid using special characters, accents orsymbols in your file names.

I'd also try opening a new Storyline project and import this older one into the blank project. 

SriHarshaKotama's avatar
SriHarshaKotama
Community Member
10 years ago

Hello Ashley, 

Sorry If I'm posting the question on old thread. Googled and landed on this page.

I'm working on Articulate Stroyline 2.0 and got this error message "This project is invalid or corrupt and cannot be opened. It may have been created in an earlier version of Storyline. 

All my project is ready and suddenly the file got corrupted is there any auto-saved available and please guide me how to get back my project. 

Please reply me.. Waiting for your help.... !

Thanks, Sri Harsha Kotamarthy (Technical Writer, India)