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"Delete unused files" surprise. [message #104630]

Mon, 18 January 2010 19:28

mani1147

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Registered: May 2009
Location: NB Canada

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Maybe this has already been documented but here it goes anyway.

When you copy an entire project folder (ppj and paf files) to a new location, then open it and select unused files in the audio bin and do a "delete unused files" Paris will delete the files in the original folder you copied from, not your newly created folder....go figure.

Things I have tried so far:

Setting new rec path in copied folder
Saving copied ppj project under new name

Rob_A

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Re: "Delete unused files" surprise. [message #104631 is a reply to message #104630]

Mon, 18 January 2010 20:27

kerryg

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Registered: February 2009

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That could lead to unpleasant surprises. Brutal. Thanks, I'll wiki it.

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

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Re: "Delete unused files" surprise. [message #104699 is a reply to message #104630]

Tue, 26 January 2010 22:54

Mike Bloomer

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I have run into that as well so I wait until I'm done with the project. Then clear the unused files from the audio window. Select all, export the file and segment list and then the .paf files, then "save as" in the new folder. Re-open and set the record path. More steps but it is pretty reliable. (although "export" doesn't always work as advertised....)

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Re: "Delete unused files" surprise. [message #104702 is a reply to message #104630]

Wed, 27 January 2010 04:12

Ted Gerber

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Registered: January 2009

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Wouldn't the best thing be to "clear" unused files instead of deleting them? Deleting them would send Paris back to the original location to remove them from the hard drive. Are you saying that the original files are deleted from the HD, but the copies _stay_ in the new folder?

Ted

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Re: "Delete unused files" surprise. [message #104703 is a reply to message #104702]

Wed, 27 January 2010 05:28

mani1147

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Registered: May 2009
Location: NB Canada

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Are you saying that the original files are deleted from the HD, but the copies _stay_ in the new folder?

Yes Tom, the originals are deleted and the copies in the new folder that I am working out of at the moment remain.

I usually never delete anything at all until the project is done and out the door at which time I delete unused files and then burn everything to DVD for archiving.
The reason I created a copy was that I had a project "go funky" on me with that darn "_tptQueProject" error. As we have discovered, this is probably related to a bad segment/crossfade in the editor so I made a copy of the project folder and was trying to "delete unused" files in the copied project to narrow down my search of the problem, that's when I noticed that the files were not being deleted in my copied folder but in the original folder. I did manage to get the project cleaned up and working again by the way.
Rob_A

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