Event manager: relink missing file problem

hello, lately I have been in this inmbattuto problems concerning the management of media and events, having worked on a project I was presented to the subsequent reopening of FCPX the classic yellow triangle on the event created by me:
clicking with the right mouse button from the popup menu I click on 'relink media files':
obviously missed that file is not in use it in the storyline it anywhere else in the project,
FCPX is indicated by the file that is no longer able to identify, but there is one problem, this file does not exist anymore, and even if I click 'relink botton' to overwrite it with another updated file or similar I open this warning window:
now I wonder ... how can I do to remove this 'error' event if I do not have the most files and at the same time does not allow me to replace it with another file similar?
Is there a way to link the event to delete this? or edit the file. fcpevent? .... thanks for the reply

It appears that your event may have become corrupt.
You may want to take a look at Pro Maintenance Tools:
Pro Maintenance Tools - Maintain, troubleshoot and optimize Final ...
This may be able to repair your damaged event. I believe there is a functional trial version of the software.
One other, more involved option, which I cannot test and is not without perils, is to try and export your event to XML and try to see how and where the nonexistant clip is mentioned there. Messing with XML may work, but is very likely to cause trouble. In the best case scenario you might be able to "fix" the XML, and reimport the fixed event, but this is not for the faint of heart.

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