# Urgent: RW hanging on launch due to corrupted project

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637 "2017-02-21T12:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![therealmf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/therealmf/32/179_2.png) [@therealmf](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/therealmf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637/1 "2017-02-21T12:12:10Z")

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Hi, I am going nuts. I try to launch RW (7.2.2) and because the project I had opened last seems to be corrupted RW always hangs while trying to open this project. How can I launch RW without it trying to open the recent project file?

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**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637/2 "2017-02-21T12:22:51Z")

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Could you try moving the last project into a different location? Then, when Rapidweaver tries to open it, it will not find the project and then may open correctly?

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**Author:** ![therealmf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/therealmf/32/179_2.png) [@therealmf](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/therealmf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637/3 "2017-02-21T12:48:16Z")

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That was my first thought as well - didn’t work. Even renaming plus moving - RW was smart enough to find it…

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**Author:** ![PaulRussam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/paulrussam/32/198_2.png) [@PaulRussam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PaulRussam)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637/4 "2017-02-21T13:12:30Z")

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Zip it and delete the unzipped one

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**Author:** ![therealmf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/therealmf/32/179_2.png) [@therealmf](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/therealmf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/urgent-rw-hanging-on-launch-due-to-corrupted-project/12637/5 "2017-02-21T16:51:37Z")

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Good idea - downloading the 7.3 beta worked as well. I was able to open 7.3 with no issues and after that also 7.2.2 again, no remaining problems. Weird thing. Thanks everybody!