What is General Error (41)

Ill work longgg and hard on a project only to try and open it open after i've saved it and try to come back to it to finish it and ill get the alert: general error (41)
What is that and how do i fix it once and for all?

Oh yeah, that would explain it. Trying to open a project made
with one version of FCP using a different version. Well, I'm not
entirely sure why you have two versions, but be sure to keep
track of which version each project uses. You can put both on
your dock, and then drag the project onto the correct version.
Of course, your preferences could get messed up going back
and forth. Maybe it would be safer to make each drive
a boot drive with separate preferences for each.
Or just decide on the most recent version....

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