After saving my project and closing elements, I can't reopen my projects anymore. I've extracted the project file and the xml file seems fine. I've ran it trough a validator.
The strange thing is that all my projects wont open anymore.
Even the autosave projects wont open.
I already moved my media files to invoke the relink flow but that doesn't make a difference.
18.1 on win10, I got my files back by downloading premiere pro but I'm not interested in the fancy pro features. I just want quick trimming like elements provide...
So I'm guessing it has nothing to do with my media files and the xml, but with something I used in the project that got corrupted. Pro showed my a log of things he could not find but still opened up the project.
I started creating a project in elements and that worked just fine until elements freezed and after rebooting I could not open any elements project anymore getting the Unknow error while opening project error.
Steps I took trying to fix the problem:
reboot pc -> no change
open auto-save file with elements -> no change (got the same error)
extract project file, validated the xml-file -> did not find any error
removed and reinstalled elements -> no change
downloaded trial version of PRO and import the elements project file -> got he sequence back that I created in elements and I could render the file with PRO -> fixed the problem for now
The problem now is that I don't trust elements anymore... I've just dowloaded it last week and this was only my 2nd project in Elements...
As the holder of a current version, you have access to Adobe support. Start a "chat". They will likely find what went wrong. Open Premiere Elements, look in Help and select Online Support. It will take you to a web page that has a "chat" icon in the lower right corner.
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