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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 spe...
  • 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.

     

     

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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?

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    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.

       

       

      • djadhav's avatar
        djadhav
        Regular Contributor
        9 years ago

        Here is something you can do to fix the project and project suite files.

         

        Step 1: Remove all script files from the projects.

        Step_1 - Remove all project files.png

         

        Step 2: Confirm Removal of files. Make sure you don't delete them.

        Step_2 - Confirm removal.png

         

        Step 3 - Move all the script files in Windows explorer where you would want to have them.

         

        Step 4 - Add the script files back in TestComplete to the project.

        Step_4 - Add files back.png

         

        Save the projects. This will update the project and project suite files with your desired folder structure.

         

        Hope this helps!