Auto Save files are stored in the wrong folder when opening more than one project

[SamVimes78]

Premiere Pro 25.4.0 on Win11.

Today I discovered that my recent auto save files got stored in the wrong place. As long as just one project is opened, everything seems to be OK. But if you open a second project from a different folder, Premiere Pro starts putting the auto save files from the first project in the second project's folder. Even after closing the second project, premiere continues to store in that wrong folder.

Luckily I was able to find the location of an auto safe file after my PC crashed. But it took me a while to figure out where they went. I sometimes open multiple projects to move clip preferences, effects or other things from one to another. Now I have auto save folders with mutliple states of up to four different projects.

What a mess!

[Ann Bens]

Have to ask: did you set your project settings > scratch disk > auto save to Same as Project?

[SamVimes78]

Yes. That's standard for all of my projects. I never change it.

As I said: As long as only one project is open, auto save uses the correct folder. It seems to get confused as soon as I open a second project. From then on auto save uses the second project's folder. Even after the second project is closed.

[Stan Jones]

@SamVimes78,

Upvoted. I can replicate in Beta 25.6.0.39. That's what I had open when I saw your post.

I had a project open in a regular folder. Its autosaves go to the autosave folder inside that main, project folder. I created a new project in a different folder on the same drive, and made a change in each open project. I checked after a few minutes, and the autosave for BOTH projects are in the autosave for the new (second) project.

Stan

[IanB_360]

Hi @SamVimes78 
We will get to the bottom of this. I have some of the team taking a look at this. In the meantime, can you give us more details about your system using the link here: How to Report a Problem .

Here to help

Ian

[Stan Jones]

The system I used for the Beta test is:

PR Beta 25.6.0.31. Win 11 Pro v10.0.26100.
i7-11700K, RAM: 640 GB. Single UHD monitor. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Driver: 566.36.

I also tested on my Surface Pro running PR 25.4.0 on Win 11 with the same results - both project autosave were in the second projects autosave directory:

Surface Pro 7. PR 25.4.0 Win 11 Pro v10.0.26100
i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz, RAM: 16.0 GB. Screen 12.x”. 2736x1824. Intel Iris Plus Graphics 128MB vs 1GB.

Stan

[SamVimes78]

Hi @IanB_360 

I'll gladly do so if your team is unable to reproduce my problem. @Stan Jones is able to reproduce this behaviour with a later Premiere Pro version on two different Win11 machines. It doesn't seem to be related to a certain system configuration.

[SamVimes78]

I'm not 100 sure, but saving the first project obnce the second project is closed seems to fix the issue.

This is not a solution! It only resets the auto save folder. The folder might change again if you open another project.

[Dani_V.]

Hi @SamVimes78 and @Stan Jones, 

Thank you for reporting this issue. It can be reproduced and the team has been notified. 

As a potential workaround, I was able to get the auto saves to work properly by manually selecting the Auto Save location under Project Settings > Scratch Disks through the 'Browse' button (even if it is the exact same path as before) so it no longer shows 'Same as Project' but '[Custom]' for the projects, if it's something you'd like to try. But otherwise, the issue has been reported.

Sorry for the frustration,
Dani