Project won’t open – “The project appears to be damaged” error (Premiere Pro Beta)

[r2_7278]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a large video project (over 1 hour long) in Adobe Premiere Pro Beta for almost two weeks. Suddenly, when I try to open the project, I get this error message:

“The project appears to be damaged. It cannot be opened.”

Here’s what I’ve already tried:

• Opening multiple auto-saved versions → same error appears.

• Copying the project and opening it on a different computer → same error.

• Trying to open the project in the main (stable) version of Premiere Pro → it says

  “This project was saved in a newer version of Adobe Premiere Pro and cannot be opened in this version.”

So at this point, I can’t open the project in Beta or the main version.

Has anyone encountered this before, or is there any possible way to recover or repair a damaged project file from the Premiere Pro Beta?

Any help would mean a lot — this is a big project and I’d really like to avoid starting over. 

Thanks in advance!

[Thomas_Oil7508]

THIS WORKS! 

Can I suggest adding something to step 3 for people that aren't familiar with XML Editor. You want to "Check if XML well-formed (F7)" to get the errors to show up.