project saved with new name, not opened when reopening PTE

[jkb]

If I open a project and then save it as a new filename, next time I open PTE it does not open that last saved project.

It does not even show up in 'Recent Projects', but once I open it up manually then it does.
I regularly save with a new name when I am working on a project and don't remember having this problem before

 

Jill

[Igor]

Jill,

Sorry for the late response.

Do you mean PTE AV Studio or PTE 9?

This problem might occur in old PTE versions if a project was received from a template or backup in a ZIP.

In version 10.0 this problem should not occur. I couldn't reproduce this problem.

[jkb]

Igor, it is with PTE AV Studio 10.0.6

I was making a Menu for a competition this weekend.
I opened last year's Menu project - Menu19 (made with PTE9) & saved with a new name Menu20

I then made changes, saved Menu20 & closed PTE10
When I reopened PTE10 it opened Menu19.pte  instead of Menu20.pte

 

I also noticed this with another project I was working on, this was an old project originally made with PTE5 I think.
But each time I saved with a new name in PTE10 it opened up the previous version instead of the latest one.
I usually save with a new name every time I make several changes - Project1; Project1a; Project1b  etc

Jill

[jmG-06100]

Hi Jill

Do you have only one single instance of PTE running?  There would be a reason if you have several PTE projects open at the same time, per my experience.

[jkb]

No, only 1 instance.
I do open more than 1 if I am copying from 1 project to another, but normally only 1

 

[jmG-06100]

Jill, too bad that my simple explanation does not apply.
I just made a test by opening (with PTE-10, under MS/Windows 10) my latest project ("A"), saved it as "bis-A", closed PTE.  On opening, PTE brought up the "bis-A" file, as expected.

Second test, opening an older project ("B") from the oldest file listed with "open recent project", saved as another "Bis-B" project, which after close / open PTE came up correctly.

Third test, PTE closed, clicked on "C.PTE" in the Windows/Explorer to directly launch PTE with that file.  No change, closed PTE, opened PTE that shows this "C" file.
Saved project as "Bis-C", closed PTE ; PTE opens with "Bis-C" as expected.

Note that my list of "recent projects" contains 36 files, since I have edited a PTE configuration file.  Saving these 3 "bis" files has pushed the three oldest projects out of sight, as expected. In the Settings > Preferences > Project > Project File, I have opted to "load last saved project on startup", which is the default I believe.

My recent projects are now logically listed by PTE as: 1="Bis-C", 2="C", 3="Bis-B", 4="B", 5="bis-A", 6="A", etc. The last is N° 36.

I have then deleted, with Windows/Explorer, the three newly created "bis" files that have the "*.PTE" extension.
Started PTE that now shows only 33 "recent projects" and no mention of the three missing "bis" ones. Clever.