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FCE Wants Old Project, Won’t Start Up.
Hi,
I have FCE, but I’ll have FCP later this week.
I’m trying to start FCE but I get a message saying:
“To preserve the integrity of the data used by FCE, it is necassary to ensure the existance of the following path(s):
“untitled project 1″ is missing”The only options are quit, search again, and reset scratch disk.
If I choose the option the re-set the scratch disk to my external fire wire drive I get the message:
“Unable to set scratch disk, access to that drive has been denied or otherwise failed.”
So I can’t move forward and start the program.
Untitled 1 was a test project that I threw in the trash and deleted, I have no idea why it insists it needs it? I just want to start and entirely new project.
Any ideas????????????
Thanks
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6 Replies
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FCE defaults to opening the last project. If it finds it in the trash it can’t open it. The drive selection problem is a different matter. Check info on the drive. Make sure it is properly formatted Mac OS Extended and that you have read/permission to the drive.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Ok I was able to open using a second firewire drive, and then changing it back to the one I want.
That’s really weird….ok in future I won’t delete the last project, no idea why Apple would program such a thing?
If I don’t want the last project and want to start new, then that’s what I want to do.
Obviously, I’m not a programmer and I don’t know why it’s set up that way???????
R,
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[35mmGuy] “If I don’t want the last project and want to start new, then that’s what I want to do.”
Its in the fcp preferences.
One of the first things I turn off when the preferences are reset.
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You can change this in your preferences, you know… Just look under “User Preferences” and on the first screen you’ll see a selection box for “Open last project on application launch”. Just uncheck that. That will solve you problem.
As for the others… Like Tom said…. check your drive and make sure that your drive is not formatted journaled and is formatted as Mac OS Extended.
And you might want to trash your preferences.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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I keep hearing the term “trash your preferences”
does that mean deleting the presets in fcp?
so that it rebuilds them on the next launch?
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https://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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