File Save As Issue...

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Greetings Captivate Community,
After trying to backup my Captivate 5.5 project and clicking "Save As" and renaming my Captivate file, my original Captivate project file no longer displays any of the pictures that are included on each slide, except for the main background image from the Master Slide.  However, the new "backup" renamed file displays all pictures/assets perfectly fine. 
I am working on a medium sized eLearning project with the following:
- running full version of Captivate 5.5
- 120 slides with photos (jpgs - each jpg roughly under 10k) and audio files (see below).  Each slide is roughly 3 seconds long and pauses waiting for user interaction "click to continue"
- audio files are passive and only triggered via click boxes (triggered after user clicks on picture, click boxes are layered on top of pictures), 
- I am saving my Captivate 5.5 files locally on my own computer, as well as all my assets for my projects are saved locally
- I am NOT using a network drive for saving any files or assets
- all of my assets: pics, audio files, etc. have NOT been relocated or moved
- All of my Captivate 5.5 projects are saved in the default location in My Documents > My Adobe Captivate Projects
My PC specs: 
- Windows 7 SP1
- Intel Core i5  M460 @ 2.53 GHz
- 4GB RAM
- 64 Bit PC
- 248GB Free out of 500GB
This issue occurs everytime I save my project "Save As" and rename the file to a new name, leaving only my newly renamed project file as the only project file that displays all of the photo assets on each slide properly.
Has anyone else had this issue?  If so, what did you do to remedy this problem?  I would like to reuse all of the work that I've done and save it as a template by choosing "save as" and then changing/updating my assets and library for the new project.  But I'm afraid if I choose "save as", my old project will become useless or will not display all of the assets that it once displayed or become useless.  Please help as I am under a deadline.  Please let me know if you have any questions about my project conditions/environment, PC specs, etc. 
Many thanks! 

Answer 1

I do "save as" another file name all the time WITHOUT seeing this issue. I use my C:drive for the Adobe Applications (many), D: has "My Documents" as well as the Published Captivate folder and my F: is where I have the temporary cache... and I am set up for automatic backup files (which have been a godsend since I suffer crashes when manipulating multilevels in the TOC (different issue entirely).  My total local disk space is about 1.75 TB so that's never an issue (another 2 TB external).  I wonder if it's your video card RAM/Processing power that may be effecting it... I find a lot of Adobe products require higher RAM and Video RAM
Have you tried starting a new project and then importing library items from your previous project to get the re-use out of it?  I would guess it would be a really fast workaround and save you some valuable disk space. After importing the other library, save your new project under whatever name you want.
Another thing I frequently do is export preferences & styles that I want to use in other projects and then import them into new files with a name I recognize so I don't have to constantly re-define TOC skins & object styles.
Just thinking that if you do your re-use items as seperate components you'll have fewer hardware resource issues if that's the problem.
OS Name    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
System Type    x64-based PC,
Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GH
Video Adapter Description    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Video Adapter RAM    1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory    7.93 GB
Total Virtual Memory    15.9 GB