Lost topic in Projects pane

Hi
Can anyone help with this problem? A topic I created a few
days ago does not show up in the Project pane. It can be opened
from the Table of Contents, and can be found in the compiled chm
file, and opened from the Index All Topics view, but not from its
designated folder. When I open the project folder in Explorer, the
topic can be seen under its folder. Rebuilding the project from the
hhp file does not fix the problem.
Robin

Try re-importing the file.
Project Files -> Import
I've had a similar issue and finally had to manually delete
the file from the current location on the hard drive, then close
out of RH, then re-open RH and import the backed-up file. If you do
this and receive an error that a file was improperly deleted from
RH, then close out of RH and use your windows explorer to replace
the file. It should resolve the disappearing topic issue.

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Originally posted by:
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