Opening a new project opens inside of old project

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November 2, 2017
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Recently updated to newest Premiere. Sometimes I will open a project while a current project is already open. I just go to FILE: OPEN PROJECT. There has never been any issue and the new project opens up and the old project goes away.

Now, when I open a new project, the old project stays. So I'm seeing all of the files, etc.

So I have to completely close Premiere, then open it up and open the new file.

Not a big deal, just curious if this is a bug or what.

Correct answer Peru Bob

That is how the new version works. You can open multiple projects.

Marvin_CG

Participant

Sorry I can't contribute with an answer, so maybe I can contribute with one more vote on this matter? I do too find this modality really annoying and confusing. What's the point of saving each project and giving it a specific name if at the end you have a kind of Master session full of tabs and full of unnecesary footage from a different project.

Starting on a fresh canvas was much more cleaner to my mind. Any way, I hope Adobe takes us in consideration.

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marcs34186840

Participant

I just had the same problem and found your post. I then figured it out. Click on the three lines next to the name of your new project in the media browser (bottom left panel) and click on close all other projects.

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defaultfxsfekefquew

Participant

I am having the same issue. How did you fix it?

R Neil Haugen

Legend

There isn't a 'fix' per se. In stand-alone or standard project mode, Premiere allows multiple projects to be open at the same time. So you need to manually close and open projects and pay attention to which project you are technically working in at any moment if you have multiple projects open.

But I'm so used to working in Productions mode that the old stand-alone projects seems like ancient history to me anymore. I don't understand working that way actually. Because in Productions mode this is never a problem.

It does take a bit of relearning your organizational practices. But is so slick to use once you get into it.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Another option past what MtD suggested, is that if there are multiple projects open, you'll have multiple Project tabs in the Project panel, and you can simply close the one you want closed from there also.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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Meg The Dog

Inspiring

timbishop4000 wrote
So I have to completely close Premiere, then open it up and open the new file.

Or you can just close your current project first, before opening the new project by going to the menu File > Close Project.

MtD

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Ruben3155556242ae

Participant

I recently ran into this same issue when creating a new project after completing the first of a few. Which brought me here. I guess the mistake is keeping Premiere open and then creating a new project.

Consequently, I created duplicate projects which made it difficult to find the project file I really needed.