no access to VS 9 project files after unstalling X3

[amosspector]

I've been using V.S. 9 for years now. Having had some problems with it, I installed Video Studio Pro X3 as a trial version. Found out that my computer is not powerful enough to handle it, and uninstalled the Pro X3 program. However, at the time I tried it, it took over my VSP project files created by VS 9, and I cannot access them now with VS 9, even after I unistalled the pro X3.

I am sure there's a simple way to tell Video Studio that we are back to the good old days, but I have no idea what that way is. Any suggestions???

[Ken Berry]

First, you have not seen fit to give us your profile, which includes details of the computer you think is not up to handling X3. So of course we cannot comment on that.

And if by 'took over' you mean that you saved the project files within X3, then no, there is no way of telling VS 9 to take them back again, not even if you reinstalled X3. Sucessive versions of VS, ever since I have known them, will only allow you to save projects in the current version format and two prior versions, but no more than that, and you have to choose each version specifically anyway. But the last version of VS which would have been able to save in a format which VS 9 could recognise was VS 11. And even then you would have had to have specifically saved them in VS 9 format.

[amosspector]

Thanks, Ken.

No. I do NOT mean the projects I saved within X3 pro. ALL my previous projects (which had been created and saved by VS9) got the new X3 icon, and they cannot be opened by the VS9 I am using. I have already uninstalled the X3 trial version, hoping this will help.
Is there a cure that you know of?

P.S. I didn't post my computer specs, because I thought they were irrelevant to my questions. As I don't want to seem impolite - here they are.

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: Hebrew Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Not hyper-threaded Board: http://www.abit.com.tw/ NF-95 (NVIDIA GeForce6100-nForce410) 1.x
Bus Clock: 201 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 04/03/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d
580.09 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
349.55 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B [CD-ROM drive]
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B [CD-ROM drive]

WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0 [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800JB-00FMA0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAJ92781532, rev 13.03G13, SMART Status: Healthy
2048 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Slot 'A3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 1) 262.15 GB 44.59 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 1) 157.28 GB 157.19 GB free
g: (FAT32 on drive 0) 80.00 GB 67.17 GB free
h: (NTFS on drive 1) 80.67 GB 80.59 GB free

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

When you use Windows Explorer XP to view the files on the hard drive the project files *.VSP will be represented by an icon/thumbnail. (Thumbnail View)
You could change this icon to show another if you wished........

When looking in ‘detail view’ they will display the ‘type’ as being Video Studio 9.0 Document or Corel Video Studio X2 Document. This will reflect the latest VS installed, but should not change the fact that they were made with VS 9 and as such will open with VS 9.

If you opened the VS 9 project files in X3 then they will no longer open in VS9.
It is advisable to create a copy of the VSP to use in the trial version, preserving the original VS9 project.

If you e-mail a VSP I will try to open with VS 9.
Whether it works correctly depends on what advanced editing’s you used in X3.


If you add your pc details to your profile, they will show in the post below your user name, cheers……

[amosspector]

Thanks, Trevor.
I think I've tried all possible ways of getting into those files, and failed. I tried to get to them from the open-project dialogue box of VS9, and by clicking on the icons. Both got me nowhere. I even changed the names into"*.VSP", but that didn't work. A-propos changing the names: right now they appear as "*.EXE". I don't think that was their name when the X3 PRO was still alive and kicking. It also created another problem: My antivirus sees them as enemies and quarrantines them....

I'll play around a bit more, and if I fail, I'll devote the time to re-create the VS9 projects, and that's it. Meanwhile - thanks for your suggestions.

Amos.

[mitchell65]

The fact that your VS project files are showing the .exe file extension is a bit of a worry. VS x2 and VS x3 both use the .VSP extension as I believe VS 9 does so how they got altered is a mystery unless you chose to do it. I doubt this as I am sure you will know that an exe file is an executable file. There is a possibility that there is a problem in your system caused by malware. I would suggest that you download the very good free edition of Anti Malware from here:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
and run that.
Then I would try doing a system restore to a date prior to your installing the TBYB version of x3. Then make sure you VSP files have the .VSP extension and try again.
Did you actually try to open any VS 9 files in X3? If so then I fear they might be lost!

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi John

I think Amos has renamed the video project file and changed the extension as well, to *.exe.
Not a good idea…….Video Studio will only recognise *******.VSP files as project files.

Amos,

if you can e-mail a VSP then I will try to open in a later version of Video Studio.
I can then re-save for an earlier version.
Repeat this till I get back to VS 9. It may work?

If you have done edits in X3 not supported by VS 9 then the video project file will not work and I am wasting my time…….

If the Project Files are important to you , I am willing to give it a go.

[mitchell65]

Hi Trevor
If Amos sends you a VS x3 VSP I would happy to open in my X3 and save as a VS x2 or VS 11 file if that would help.
John
LAst time i heard you were on VSx2?

[amosspector]

Hi Trevor/John,

To save whatever good name I still have, let me promise you that I did NOT change the extensions to EXE. In the past few months my computer gave me some troubles, and I tried all kinds of anti-whatevers, and I think one of them did it. Anyway, It's a miracle to me how this happened.
As for saving files as X3 - I didn't do it. As soon as I found out that my computer couldn't handle X3, I saved the 1 or 2 projects I managed to create as VS9 projects (that's what I seem to remember)

Thanks both for your offer to help. It's very generous of you. However, there's no need to bother you, because I have already devoted the effort to re-create the projects with VS 9

Out of curiosity, Trevor, I am not sure what you mean by 'detail view' ("When looking in ‘detail view’ they will display the ‘type’ as being Video Studio 9.0 Document"). Do you mean 'properties'? If not – then I have no idea what it is.

[Ken Berry]

As soon as I found out that my computer couldn't handle X3, I saved the 1 or 2 projects I managed to create as VS9 projects (that's what I seem to remember)

If you saved them in X3, you simply could not have saved them in VS9 format. X3 only allow you to save them in X2 and VS11 format, as well as X3 format...

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Amos

Just to re-cap:-

1 / You have previously used VS 9 to create your project files, the *****.VSP files.
2 / If you open these projects using VS X3 then you will no longer be able to open them in VS 9.
3 / All other Projects created by VS 9 will / should open in VS 9
4 / The best way to open a project is from the File-Open Project option from Video Studio.

5 / The option to view in Detail View is when you use Windows Explorer to browse the folders.
There is a small icon at the top of the window allowing you to change how the files are displayed. In Detail View there is a column marked Type, this will show the VSP to be a Video Studio Document.

6/ Sorry for any confusion but my reference to .EXE was after your reply :-(I even changed the names into"*.VSP", but that didn't work. A-propos changing the names: right now they appear as "*.EXE".)
7 / Hopefully you seem to indicate that you have re-edited the projects which are working sucessfully in VS 9
That’s good

[amosspector]

Ken, if you say X3 cannot save as VS9, you must be right. My recollection of saving as VS9 probably stems from an attempt to purchase VS11 (a phase I went through, when VS9 started giving me troubles).

Trevor, thanks for the explanation. I never use dtailed view, but what you wrote did manage to ring a bell in my old-and-getting-older brain. Your statement that "if you opened a project with X3 pro you cannot open it with VS9 is painful, and I think it describes a wrong satae of affairs. Such an option SHOULD have existed. But forcing you to change models keeps the economy going, and this is good for all of us.
If I undersood you correctly, you, too, got the ***.EXE format ?!? I wonder why this happens. Does you antivirus agree with it? Mine quarantines it as soon as I open the folder...

Anyway, yeah, I am done re-doing my projects with VS9, and I've had my lesson. I know what to not-do next time I want to upgrade my VS.

Thanks guys for the assistance and moral support.

Amos.

[mitchell65]

Hi Amos
Glad that you seem to have overcome your problems but I must take issue with you when you say " Your statement that "if you opened a project with X3 pro you cannot open it with VS9 is painful, and I think it describes a wrong satae of affairs. Such an option SHOULD have existed. But forcing you to change models keeps the economy going, and this is good for all of us."
What you are asking a software company to do is nigh impossible. They would need to know all the alterations, amendments improvements and updates that they will be likely to make for years and years to come. No software can be forward compatible unless,of course, there is no difference between one version and the next. If VS so much as added just one extra transition and you used it in a project the version prior to the one you are using could not possibly recognise it so would probably crash completely. I don't know of any Windows pogram that is forward compatible but I may be wrong of course.

[Trevor Andrew]

If I undersood you correctly, you, too, got the ***.EXE format ?!?
Amos.

Sorry but some confusion here, i do not get EXE files as you seem to have.

maybe best just to get on with the editing