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How does one 'verify' settings.xml?

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I'm trying to open a Project from a friend. I put the .p8z file in /Paratext8Projects/_Resources, but get this message on startup: "X project on your computer could not be opened. File 'Settings.xml' can not be loaded from resource because it can not be verified."

Any tips on how to proceed? Thanks,

Paul
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Paul - it is not clear what you are trying to do. *.p8z files are not projects, but resources. If your friend is trying to share a project they should either use Send/Receive to send you the project or if the project is not registered they can make a backup (.zip) of the project and send you the .zip which you can then restore.
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That worked, Phil. I had renamed the .zip to .p8z, since that's the extension all the other projects in /_Resources had. I changed it back to .zip, used File > Restore Project From File, and it opened just fine. Thank you!
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Maybe not the best worded error message.

It looks like the .p8z file you provided isn't properly encrypted - .p8z files are encrypted resources that the Paratext team creates.

It could also be that the file was originally valid, but it was corrupted while being copied.

John Wickberg

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Thanks for the info, John. Is there a way to re-encrypt a p8z file?
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