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Premiere pro corrupt files

  • March 30, 2026
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Hi, Ive been editing a project for 2 weeks and premiere pro just randomly crashed causing my file to be corrupt. Somehow during one of the premiere pro updates auto save was turned off…….. so I don't have any auto save files to go back too. 

 

Is there anyway to recover my project or has adobe royally screwed me?

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    PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
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    March 30, 2026

    Sometimes opening a corrupt Premiere project through After Effects can help clean up errors in the code.
     

    1. Open After Effects and go to File > Import > Import Adobe Premiere Pro Project
    2. If the project successfuly opens, save it back to a Premiere Pro format with File > Export > Export Adobe Premiere Project
      Ann Bens
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      Ann BensCommunity Expert
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      March 30, 2026

      FAQ: When to use "Save A Copy," or "Save As," and when to simply use "Save"

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      March 30, 2026

      Thank you for the suggestion for future, but this does not help me now

      R Neil Haugen
      R Neil Haugen
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      March 30, 2026

      At this time, there might not be any really useful help we can give fo that project, and I’ve been there. It’s a huge burn.

       

      One of the things experienced computer users of all app types often try to get across to others ... is never ever EVER!!!!! trust a computer.

      Never ever trust autosave ... if you have 20 saves set, at five minute intervals ... and then get a corrupt data bit appearing in a sequence or project meta, but it doesn’t appear while you’re working ... in one hour and 40 minutes of working, if the auto-save works perfectly ... you do not have an un-corrupted file anymore even with autosave working perfectly.

       

      Files on drives can get random bad bits. Drives can develop issues. Nothing on a computer is above this behavior.

       

      So for those of us that have used a computer for major business use for forty years now, doing a manual iterative save with copy to another drive is just something you do at least once every day you work on a file. Then you only get shafted if two drives go down.

       

      And yes, I do have autosave on and set to five/20. Though I’ve only once ever actually used one of those auto-saves. Several times I’ve simply copied an iterative back to the ‘working’drive to re-do a couple hours of work and keep going.

       

      Computers are great until they’re meaner than snot.

      Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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