Last Ditch Project Workaround

First thing to note is that I'm not posting this as a catchall solution to any problem.  It really is a final resort scenario.

A common problem I've encountered is the confusion between project folders and final products.  The confusion probably comes from the fact that multimedia software uses the same terminology as Microsoft Office.  So when they "save" their Word document, that's the final product.  Everyone who works at the desk knows the difference, but it's bound to cause some problems for patrons.

A few days ago a student had an issue with an Audacity project.  He had to leave Studio 6 because another reservation was coming in, but when he saved his files he took all the individual audio files instead of the folder hierarchy.  Our solution was to recreate the folder hierarchy on his personal laptop.

The default folder setup looked like:

•  projectname_data
• e00
• d00

All the audio files could be found in d00.  After we created the necessary structure and opened the project, everything popped up just as the student had it in Studio 6.

Since all a project file is is directions for where the software needs to look to find a file.  Recreating the structure rebuilds the figurative bookshelf project files build.  Like I said, this is in no way the go-to solution for fixing project issues.  But it is an option.