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December 5, 2024
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The project appears to be damaged, it cannot be opened

  • December 5, 2024
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Hello,
I encounter this message when I try to open a Premiere project: "The project appears to be damaged, it cannot be opened."

My external hard drive, which I was working on, fell and stopped working. I managed to recover the files from it, but when I try to open the project, I get this error message: "The project appears to be damaged, it cannot be opened."

 

Is there a solution to this problem?

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Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2024

Do you have any backups or autosaves?

YAMAJMAuthor
Participant
December 5, 2024

Yes, they exist, but they all have the same problem.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2024

Try creating a new project and import the old one into it.

YAMAJMAuthor
Participant
December 5, 2024

I tried but it keeps freezing on FiIes lmport and doesn't progress