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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...
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    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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djadhav
Regular Contributor

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!

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OlgaV
Occasional Contributor
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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    djadhav
    Regular Contributor
    9 years ago

    That's great. Please mark this issue as solved.