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So,:
This is probably Windows fault, but I cannot fix it and it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME unless I open it in the project list window.
https://i.ibb.co/890N0W7/always-this.png

And I think Windows somehow used Godot 4 (alpha) as default app, without Godot letting me confirm. I wasn't even trying to port yet, and somehow it attempted to load my project in Godot 4 without a warning... thought there was a warning popup window for that, like the one that 3.4.2 gives me, below:

But, instead, Godot 4/Windows, locked up for about 3 minutes, crashed and now my latest project is not opening in either Godot 4 or , what I intended to open it with, Godot 3.4.2. So this is what I get when I try to open it in 3.4.2:
https://i.ibb.co/93R1yvR/Godot-4-let-windows-bypass-this-or-something.png

Then of course, intermittently ('ll post a screen shot of this no projects found pop up, next time it happens), when I quit to my project list, The list is empty and I have to show Godot where to scan for the project folder.

This one hasn't been happening as much lately, but it does happen enough that it's a nuisance.

Anyone having any of this issues? Help me fix it?

Godot version 3.4.2, 4
in Engine by (214 points)
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I cannot help you fix it as I use Linux and that OS just doesnt have problems like this but I can provide some advice for the future. At points in my process of building a game I create an archive file elsewhere and copy all of the files in my main godot project into that. I have never needed the backup but I have tested it and if you need to go back to old code for any reason you can create a new project in godot and point it to the file you created as a backup and it works fine. If you do this in the future it may help to give you a way of at least fixing this to a point.

by (3,328 points)

Did Godot create any Backup file inside the Root-Folder of your project?
Maybe something like "godot.project.bak"?

Seems like Godot updated your project to Version 4, but Version 3.4 isn't able to read it then anymore.

by (1,081 points)

Yeah, but I think this is happening only if I open from outside the project list. that's the dilemma. I think all of the errors I'm reporting are associated... that's why i thought windows is mucking up my file association but it only happens with Godot... So, I thought I'd ask if anyone else is having this problem or something similar.

No, no backup file..

by (214 points)

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Unfortunately I don’t know the answer either. I also use Linux. But when I used Windows before, in similar cases (in other programs) I would have completely uninstalled that program and cleaned and reinstalled all its internal files.

by (45 points)
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