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elearningbuilder11
Inspiring
February 16, 2018
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WTH? CP2017 Anomoly

  • February 16, 2018
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Anyone ever seen this?

My project is the one with the red arrow above it.... the project image is gone. It just disappeared this morning.

I have:

  • closed and restarted CP
  • rebooted the computer and restarted CP
  • I am updated to the latest versions of my OS and CP

Didn't work. In 4 years, using CP every day, I have not seen this.

If so, how the heck do I fix it?

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Correct answer Lilybiri

Hi Rod, thanks for responding.

How do I reset my preferences, and if I do, what will that effect or do to my existing project? Im in lesson 3 of 8... 5 more to build!


You need administrator rights.  In a subfolder 'utils' under the installation folder find the file CleanPreferences... corresponsiding with your OS. Run that file while Captivate is closed. It will have no effect on existing files, but you could lose customisation. I summarized what can be lost and recovered in this blog post:

Captivate 8.0.1 Install? Keep your Customisation! - Captivate blog 

When restarting Captivate, a fresh folder will be created in your profile.

2 replies

elearningbuilder11
Inspiring
February 16, 2018

Project is fine, so far... and I have bigger fish to fry, like audio simply not playing in HTML5 and, audio playing over top other files and, even if you click mute, some slide audio still plays.. 

RodWard
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 17, 2018

How long since you cleaned out your Project Cache?

How about trying a reset of Preferences?

elearningbuilder11
Inspiring
February 27, 2018

Hi Rod, thanks for responding.

How do I reset my preferences, and if I do, what will that effect or do to my existing project? Im in lesson 3 of 8... 5 more to build!

sabre123
Participating Frequently
February 16, 2018

I had that happen to me yesterday, but it was after Captivate had crashed. The file did not open, either. I have Captivate configured to save backups, and I rev out my files fairly often, so I didn't lose anything.

Is the project DOA? Have you configured the program to save .BAK backup files?