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OlgaV
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

Unable to create the 'Project' element, because the file ... does not exist error

Hello,

 I am running into this error: "Unable to create the 'Project' element, because the file ... does not exist" when opening a project. The files requested do exist in the file folder that I specify when selecting the progect file from the file tree, but it is searching for the file from one step higher in the hierarchy, where a project existed, but was deleted.

 

I found, that someone already had an issue with that long ago: Unable to... and it was solved by deleting the "ghost file", but I can not detect the "ghost".  I am having the same issue in TestComplete and TestExecute softwares. It looks like a TC bug to me.

 

TC version 11.20.1491

Windows 7 Enterprise 

 

TE version 11.20.1491

Windows Server 2008

 

Does anybody have a solution for this issue?

Any halp is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

  • OlgaV's avatar
    OlgaV
    9 years ago

    Thank you Djadhav for your suggestion and screenshots,

     

    I have fixed this issue the following way:

     

    Pushed the latest version of my TC project to GitHub, then cloned that repository into a different folder on my PC and opened the pjs file from there. Did the same thing for TestExecute. Works now.

     

     

  • NisHera's avatar
    NisHera
    Valued Contributor
    9 years ago

    Just open Test Complete without loading any project

    Go to your folder in windows explore and project file i.e. ProjectName.mds file double click

    what will happen?

    • OlgaV's avatar
      OlgaV
      Occasional Contributor
      9 years ago

      Thank you, NisHera.

      The same error message pops up..

       

      To be able to work on the project, I had to copy all the projects and paste them into the folder one level up. It works for me for now, but it can not be a solution, because I am never sure if it saves my progress into all the right files.

       

      • NisHera's avatar
        NisHera
        Valued Contributor
        9 years ago

        Where is you pjs (project suit ) file?

        back it up and re-name or place it somewhere else.

        place project files where ever you would like.

        create a new project suite and include your projects.

        open new project suite.