This project was created in a newer error in PowerDirector16

Peterk91

Newbie Joined: Apr 02, 2018 17:55 Messages: 2 Offline

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Jun 01, 2020 15:13

Hi,

I have a problem with a project I have been working on and almost completed, and hoping that somebody from this forum can help me.

I have PowerDirector 16 installed. I made a project on this (using 360 and 3d images and videos as I've done before). I saved the file and closed it and shut down my computer. This morning (a day later) I try and open the file, but receive the error message:

"This project was created in a newer version of CyberLink PowerDirector and is not supported by the current version"
I haven’t changed the version I used or downloaded any patches for over a year so I don’t think this can be the problem.

I tried installing PowerDirector18 demo, as it’s a newer version to test if this was the problem, but when I opened it I received the error “file broken”.

To try and investigate the problem, I opened (a copy of the file) in notepad, with the top of the file stating:


<project activeapplication="PowerDirector" appversion="16" araversion="5.3.1.1025" …><="" span="">

I have another file I made using PowerDirector16, which opens fine and have the exact same parameters at the top of the file. I saw some people have has similar problems here, however they mainly had patch issues which wasn’t the case here.

Does anybody have an idea of how I can solve this, as I don’t want to lose my project? Please let me know if any other details would be useful.

Thank you for your help,

Peter</project>

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Jun 01, 2020 16:53

You can find and load the last project from the autosave folder. The location of this folder is specified in the Preferences/Project window. I would sort by the modified date and pick the last one to load. You need to save it to your normal project location using a filename that you want.

Peterk91

Newbie Joined: Apr 02, 2018 17:55 Messages: 2 Offline

Jun 01, 2020 18:03

Quote You can find and load the last project from the autosave folder. The location of this folder is specified in the Preferences/Project window. I would sort by the modified date and pick the last one to load. You need to save it to your normal project location using a filename that you want.

Hi Tomasc,

I didn't know the autosave files existed there I searched the wrong place and assumed I had none.

This solved my problem, thank you very much,

Peter

Bond007

Newbie Joined: Jun 11, 2020 13:31 Messages: 1 Offline

Jun 11, 2020 13:55

Does this work for PowerDirector15 as well?

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Jun 11, 2020 18:16

Yes.

Thewayitwas

Newbie Joined: Dec 10, 2017 17:16 Messages: 1 Offline

Jun 29, 2020 00:13

I'm having the same issue. I saw the solution but am still a bit sketchy in getting my project back. Super frustrated after a couple of weeks work on this.