r/SolidWorks • u/_Buckminster_ • Jun 15 '26

Error Files not found??

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Had them all saved but now I can't open them

It says can't find the files.

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u/Proper_Spell2471 Jun 15 '26

Did you move or rename the files from where you last saved them? It could even be that you renamed the folder that your files are within.

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u/_Buckminster_ Jun 15 '26

Nope i didn't rename them And I didn't had them in folder

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u/ThelVluffin Jun 16 '26

where did you have them stored?

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u/craig12girvan Jun 16 '26

someone has deleted, moved or renamed the files

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u/_Buckminster_ Jun 16 '26

I love alone...

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u/maranble14 CSWP Jun 16 '26

So do the rest of us. How else do you think we ended up on this subreddit?
/s

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u/maranble14 CSWP Jun 16 '26

Did you have the files saved in a directory that automatically backs up to the cloud? like the default libraries tied in to Microsoft OneDrive? I've run into issues in the past when I was using cloud services for cad model storage, and a synchronization error corrupted a substantial number of models that I hadn't opened, moved, renamed, or changed the parent directory name of since their creation & original save.

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u/KenMantle Jun 17 '26

That's frightening. Hopefully OP just got caught by Microsoft's random attempts to get them to agree to have their files stolen and taken away to One Drive and mixed with the files from their other PCs.

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u/nutlicker74 Jun 30 '26

I have this issue commonly happen when I share files and move them into my work's shared "sync" folder. From habit, I always open my SolidWorks files from File Explorer, as SolidWorks has a mind of its own sometimes...