"Couldn't resolve the reference' when opening file

Question

I am trying to open a WB file that I have copied from another drive. As it looks through the new drive searching for all the media, it keeps giving me this message about not being able to 'resolve the reference' when trying to relink with the media. What causes this and how can I fix it?

Answer 1

If the file doesn't contain Audio data, but merely refers to it (as is quite common & an option you can choose if you don't want to duplicate Audio files), then it needs to know where those Audio data files are. And if you've moved them or deleted them, it won't be able to find them… hence the message. If you know where those files are, you can put them back where they were previously, & that might fix things. Or — simply make a new file.
You may prefer in future to save the files with the audio data included. Of course, you will get a much bigger file, but it will be self-contained & you won't get this problem again.
P.S.: of course, you said it yourself (& I didn't notice at first) — you copied this WB file from another drive. So of course the audio files you want are still on that other drive! Hooray!