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kennethm10645157
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April 23, 2018
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Premiere resets workspace whenever I create a new project

  • April 23, 2018
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For whatever reason, with the most recent update whenever I create a new project Premiere informs me that it is "resetting my workspace from the older layout", and proceeds to completely reset my editing workspace which means I have to completely reorganize all the windows every time I create a new project.

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Correct answer R Neil Haugen

Try going to the Users/<username>/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro 12.x/ folder tree, and look for the layouts folder. Delete that folder, then reboot, relaunch, and re-create your custom workspaces. See if that works.

Neil

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NFK Cinematic
NFK Cinematic
Participant
May 5, 2018

Hi everyone, I have the same issue as described above. Would be nice to get some help from Adobe directly because from my perspective it looks like a bug.

Sascha

    braydon
    braydon
    Inspiring
    July 12, 2022

    I'm having this problem too, in 2022, with latest version of PP. Workspaces reset every time I create a new project or load an existing one. I sometimes have to rebuild my custom workspace, and it doesn't let me save it because it belives nothing's been changed since last save. Also, upon opening Premiere recently once, ALL the workspace tabs were suddenly active and clogging the workspace ribbon again, and I had to disable the undesired workspaces again.

    This is clearly a bug, and has only just started happening. I appreciate the work-around the Neil has provided below, but with all due respect I think its something the developers should be fixing, not ourselves. I wouldn't consider this problem solved.

    braydon
    braydon
    Inspiring
    July 13, 2022

    Every once in a while, Premiere can be wonky with user-saved custom spaces. It is MADDENING.

     

    I've complained to the engineers at NAB, who act sympathetic, then want to move on to the next question ... right ... still very, very frustrating.

     

    Neil


    I created and saved a new custom workspace, and deleted the old one. So far, it seems to be keeping the settings. Maybe the glitch was in my workspace file itself. So I guess problem solved, for now.

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      eikonoklastes
      Legend
      April 23, 2018

      Once you have customised your workspace, save it as a preset (Window > Workspaces > Save as New Workspace)

      Alternatively, save out a template file and use that as the basis for a new project - this is my preferred approach, because I can retain settings beyond just workspaces (bin setups for example) whenever I want to start a new project.

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      kennethm10645157Author
      Participant
      April 23, 2018

      I know how to save a workspace, that's not the problem. Premiere is resetting my saved workspaces.

        R Neil Haugen
        R Neil HaugenCorrect answer
        Legend
        April 23, 2018

        Try going to the Users/<username>/Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro 12.x/ folder tree, and look for the layouts folder. Delete that folder, then reboot, relaunch, and re-create your custom workspaces. See if that works.

        Neil

        Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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        Carlos ZiadeCommunity Expert
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        April 23, 2018

        What are your system specs ?

        I intentionally tried switching between different layouts on my macbook pro to check what happened, on an empty timeline,

        just switched between different layouts from editing to color to effects etc....

        after a while Premiere crashed and I sent the crash report

        It looks like a bug that needs to be fixed, I haven't updated to the latest 2018, still on the previous one

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