Premier video editor elements deletes files

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
March 8, 2022
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I edited a load of short clips Saved them to a folder

The folder disappeared. My project became corrupled with lots of red multi languade bits of text and then disappeared

Is this a virus?

Checked with Mcaffee nothing shown

Help please!

Des george

Error or problem

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John T Smith

Community Expert

What is the physical location of the video files?

Are your files located in a folder on your computer hard drive?

OR Are you editing from an SD camera card in an adapter?

OR Are you editing from a USB flash drive?

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Bill Sprague

Community Expert

As Bob and John suggest, you may not be using the software in the normal work flow. But, if in fact you do have corrupted files, you have a hardware failure. This software won't do that.

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desmondg94240363Author

Participant

I am using elements in the normal way

I am new to videos but have uses photoshop elemets for years. I have been using 2021 version for a year

Who can I send a project folder to? Is it safe to drag and drop here?

Des

Peru Bob

Community Expert

You are seeing the missing media screen.

Premiere Elements doesn't embed the media used (videos, photos, or audio) in the project file. It acts as a pointer to where the media used in the project is located. If the source media has been moved, is on a drive not connected to the computer, or on a drive that doesn't have a fixed drive letter, Premiere Elements doesn't know where to look for your media.

Premiere Elements doesn't delete files or folders.

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