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2farnorth2
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February 10, 2020
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Unable to publish or preview project in any browser

  • February 10, 2020
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I am using Adobe Captivate 11.5.4.613 on Mac OS 10.5.1 and it was working OK but suddently after making minor changes to the publishing settings, I am unable to a) preview in the browser and b) publish anything that works. I either get a spinning ball in the browser window or I get the -50 error 'The application can't be opened.' I am trying to preview/publish in HTML5. 
 
I have tried:
  • resetting the default publish settings but it doesn't change anything.
  • restarting the software.
  • restarting the computer.
  • Chrome, Safari, and Brave browsers. 
 
I have no idea what to do next. I've spent many hours and days on this project (30 pages worth) and I'm so frustrated! Help?
 
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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
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February 10, 2020

When you say you reset the default publishing settings, do you mean you used the CleanPreferencesMac file in the Utils folder in the Captivate install directory?

 

Have you tried creating a new CPTX file with just a few slides to see if all project files are affected or just the one you are currently working on?   If only this one file is affected, perhaps the project has become corrupted.  One way to strip out corruption is to copy the current slides over to a new blank Captivate CPTX file with the same dimensions.

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2farnorth2Author
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February 10, 2020

Thanks for quick response. I just mean the publish project settings within Captivate. I didn't dig into the Utils folder or anything. I tried opening an earlier version of the project (that had been working fine) and it has the same issue. I will test by creating new file now. 

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