# Strange Fatal Error - Deleted and Reconnected Paths

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [November 23, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711 "2025-11-23T20:32:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/1 "2025-11-23T20:32:00Z")

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**Fatal error** : Uncaught Error: Failed opening required ‘/Users/michaeldroste/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaverelements/Data/tmp/RapidWeaver/84283/RWDocumentPagePreview/document-3FB8CDB8-9C53-4866-8890-462F451A7E9D/../rw/elements/com.realmac.corepack/api/vendor/autoload.php’ (include\_path=‘.:’) in /Users/michaeldroste/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaverelements/Data/tmp/RapidWeaver/84283/RWDocumentPagePreview/document-3FB8CDB8-9C53-4866-8890-462F451A7E9D/song.php:4 Stack trace: #0 /Applications/RapidWeaver Elements.app/Contents/Resources/RWWebServerLaunch.php(189): include() #1 {main} thrown in **/Users/michaeldroste/Library/Containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaverelements/Data/tmp/RapidWeaver/84283/RWDocumentPagePreview/document-3FB8CDB8-9C53-4866-8890-462F451A7E9D/song.php** on line **4**

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-23 at 2.27.35 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/9/6/9668ae1ecbd1e22467eac05aa9537b051f0f14a0.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot 2025-11-23 at 2.27.42 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/5/2/52b6836e6b0421efadaef1f84efd12321cb015ec.jpeg)

[elementsapp://downloadDocument/qrUmhxoGCWCx](elementsapp://downloadDocument/qrUmhxoGCWCx)

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/2 "2025-11-23T20:50:13Z")

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Don’t use just a slash in the folder name, that puts the page at the root, it should be in it’s own folder.

 ![CleanShot 2025-11-23 at 8 .47.50@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/3/b/3b6690d2fe7d5fe9442369addff1d4b9a2368e1f.png)

Do this instead, it’s much better and cleaner (and works):

 ![CleanShot 2025-11-23 at 8 .48.49@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/c/b/cbe576d2a32f36beafdc8113c55ff945cee09fc6.png)

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/3 "2025-11-23T21:47:29Z")

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Thank you SOOOO Much!

After 1 week of debugging - FINALLY WORKING!!!

Very happy!

Now trying to bring it to life…

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/4 "2025-11-23T21:52:33Z")

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No problem, always ask on the forum and we’ll help you out 😊

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/5 "2025-11-23T22:32:35Z")

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Well - thought it was working…

elementsapp://downloadDocument/Gwpu3qyEYmva

Every time - no matter what song you select - it goes to the first song only…

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/6 "2025-11-23T22:52:56Z")

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are you pulling the song from the folder songs2, only one song there or do you have all the songs somewhere else - external?

 ![CleanShot 2025-11-23 at 22.50.50@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/e/fea0d820b01753853026cf230600ac2f973271c4.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/7 "2025-11-23T23:04:35Z")

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just put one song in to test the system…

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/8 "2025-11-23T23:07:04Z")

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or are you saying it pulls the same data from the same md file

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/9 "2025-11-23T23:41:17Z")

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nothing is working ☹

added 10 songs to make sure…  
changed CMS  
changed audio code  
relinked file paths

elementsapp://downloadDocument/GicB290sNzUZ

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/10 "2025-11-23T23:52:59Z")

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Cleaned up audio - cleaned up meta data

elementsapp://downloadDocument/devOokQZnx18

Still not seeing individual songs (and the songs are not playing)

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/11 "2025-11-24T00:16:18Z")

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tried renaming parts other than ‘songs’ or ‘song’

still only going to the first mark down entry

elementsapp://downloadDocument/KvhBaZDG9bnH

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**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/strange-fatal-error-deleted-and-reconnected-paths/52711/12 "2025-11-24T01:01:54Z")

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Very frustrating… been working on this non stop

Started blank pages twice - doesn’t work

Don’t know if it’s me / some little switch/ some naming problems or what…

Giving up for now - need to step away from this - giving me a headache 🤕
