Damaged Project File

I was saving a project i was doing and the computer crashed and when i went to open it back up after it restarted premier said the file is damaged and can not be opened. is there anyway to get it to work because i have spent way to much time on it to start over again

Look in your Autosaved files folder. Which should be a subfolder of the
project folder. You may loose some work, but its better than having to
recreate from scratch.

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    Mumphie
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    After that we can customize the troubleshooting strategy to your particular circumstances.
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  • Need help badly. project file wont open. saying damaged file or may contain outdated elements. please help

    project file wont open. damaged file or contains outdated elements message. i believe its an XML error but i dont know how to fix it. please help

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  • Premiere Pro Project File Damaged, Cannot Open!

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  • Project file appears to be damaged - really, ALL of 'em?

    Hi all, longtime editor, relatively new to Adobe PremierePro...
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    He's on whatever the current CC pay-per-month deal is...I've tried opening his projects in both CS5 and CS6 Premiere, to no avail...Not only can I not open up the project I need, but there are about half a dozen others in the drive he sent me, all of which I've tried, so I can't chalk it up to one corrupt project.
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    I don't think "backwards compatibility" is an issue here
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    I dont know the answer but its many ...and more than one have not been backward compatible.
    Tell me that the CC version of Premier is SO changed, SO different, and SO full of new, improved goodness...
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    If it could be coded backwardly compatible..I am not a software engineer so have no idea.
    Your issue is more about "subscription models" no matter which way you "paint" it.
    Thats your right! 

  • Recover Corrupted Project file

    I got this message when trying to load a WIP file: "The project could not be loaded, it may be damaged or contain outdated elements."
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    3. Restarted PC. Same thing.
    4. Move project and working files to other folders - same.
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    6. Import from After Effects and Exported - no luck as well. Came up with a message saying there's no valid sequence.
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    For what's worth, after hours of searching online for a solution and tinkering with the XML file, I managed to figure out how to salvage my project. What I did was to import my file into After Effects, and then single out the sequence I need, then went to Adobe Dynamic Link and created a project file in Premiere. Then I copied the sequence from AE and pasted it into Premiere, and deleted (what I took a while to find out) a screwed up sequence from the project and saved the project and ta-da.. it now opens fine.
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  • The operation can't be completed because an unexped error occurred (error code-50).   This appears when I'm copying a file to the drive and then I wasn't able to edit to my drive.  Then this morning I can't open my project file.  What to do?

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    What should I do!??
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    I edited my videos in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, but I can't open the CC project file in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. The message says 'The project appears to be damaged, it cannot be opened.' Is there a way to convert the project so that it works for CS6?

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  • "project file missing" error message

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  • CS4: Unable to Open a Premiere 6 Project File

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