Where my projects gone?

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February 5, 2026
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When I work on two computers, my projects always disappear. How can I get them back? They are located in the One Drive folder (Windows 10-11)

R Neil Haugen

Legend

OneDrive takes control of all the file headers, and routinely scans them and adds additional metadata to the file header so it can track when to sync. That data confuses NLEs like Premiere, which check the data to ensure they are working with the correct file.

Plus OneDrive quite often can refuse Premiere rights to modify a file ... so that means the stuff you do to it isn’t actually saved to the file correctly.

So do NOT use working folders that OneDrive even knows they exist. You may get by for awhile, but at some point you may have big troubles. I speak from nasty personal experience with that horrible application.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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Paul_GringoAuthor

Inspiring

Where is the best place to store your files? Which folder do you use when working on two computers and file synchronisation is important?

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

OneDrive is grand for backup but not for editing.

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Paul_GringoAuthor

Inspiring

then why does Adobe save its files to One Drive by default? Do you think the program developers did this on purpose to create problems for us?

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

It does not.

Peru Bob

Community Expert

OneDrive has known issues with Premiere.

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Paul_GringoAuthor

Inspiring

I have only one problem - missing projects. Perhaps you know which folder is responsible for saving projects?

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

Don't you have a Documents' folder somewhere on C:\

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