Find Missing Audio File does not open

MY current project somehow lost all audio files, I ran CWAF and found these files to be marked as "Orphaned". How do I re-associate these audio files with the project? "Find Missing Audio Files" never opened up for me to search and tell the project where to look. Running Sonar Producer 8.5.3 and Windows 7

They are already in Project-Audio. I can click on each one individually and they play in WMP, however when I ran CWAF they all show up as orphaned. When I open the project it opens without any audio files, also surprised "Find Missing Audio File"  dialog box never opens.

 I have 8.5 on W 10. I don't use it but it certainly opens. I just install it to get V Vocal and the Lexicon reverb. 
 
It's weird if the audio is actually in the projects audio folder and it still does not load. 
Did you change the name of the project? 
Do those audio files have the exact same name? 
 
Example Projects name " Shook up"  Audio files should read " Shook up, Bass 1 ,rec(324) .wav "   
 
If you changed the name of the song to "Shook up 2" you will loose the connection to the audio. 
Options are to rename the audio files so they match the song title or try drag and drop from the media browser. 

have you tried saving the project with a new name to a new folder
use the "Save as" function.

You can drag and drop audio files directly onto the track view. 
I'm assuming the project opens with a bunch of blank tracks. 
If not insert new audio tracks and drag and drop the wave files there. 
Only thing is if a track contained start and stop edits and punch ins that track will be broken up into multiple wave files. There fore the numbering system that only Sonar can decipher. 
In that case you just have to listen to them and decide where they should be on the time line. 
This method won't be much fun on a complicated song with 30 wave files in the audio folder but it might be your last resort other than just redoing all the tracks. 
 
It shouldn't matter, but you haven't changed the sample rate? 

Dropped files into tracks, lots of dots and file description (song and track name/number) prefix the audio file, waveform loads but does not play audio, no sound is generated. I could probably deal with the track alignment if the audio played,...WTF?

OK so to test if this is just not possible a corrupted project. 
Import any  wave or Mp3 file and see if that plays/
What happens in this project if you record a new track? 
There's another thing other people talk about that I've never done and that's  the Aud ini file 
 
So I dropped a wav file into an empty track, did not play back.
Recorded a new track, audio file waveform showed up in track view, no sound played back.
Opened a new project, dropped a wav from non working project into track, played back OK,
Went to advanced settings in options and reset aud.ini, no change, audio files didn't load, new track didn't play back.
Looks like something is corrupt somewhere. Have so many EQ and plug-ins in original project, stand to loose all that,......CRAP!

Can it be sent to you as an email attachment, and which file exactly?

 
 
Do not hear the metronome during playback, changed output assignment (don't know why it changed?), now hearing audio tracks that were dropped onto track view.

PM one of us,you need over 30 posts to post links or pictures. 
My e mail is on my web site too. 
 
Did you check your master outputs are going to your audio interfaces outputs that your speakers are running from. I've had no sound and it was because my outputs had swapped over to SPDIF. 

OK I got the PM and I'll wait for the file. 
 
I think we are now dealing with a different issue. You have your audio in place now but your project is silent. So you need to check your signal path from end to end.
 
First you say the metronome is silent. My default for metronome goes directly to my audio interface 1/2 out that's why I asked that. Even if your master buss is muted the metronome should sound. 
 
Check your audio engine is running. 
 
What are you using for an audio interface? 

Hold the phone! The audio does play,, There was a empty track that was soloed I didn't see because it was off the bottom. Boy if this was all it was your going to feel silly...
 
Man is it hard to work in 8.5 again!! we could never go back. 
 

Cactus Music
There was a empty track that was soloed...
 

 
I should have said something; my first check was going to be for a hidden soloed track. Should have just asked if solo button in the mix module was lit. 
 
But there are so many ways to make a project go silent, it seemed like it would be faster to lay hands on.
 

You have not told us if the issue was the solo being on. Do you now have audio? 
 
And how would we know if Kevin resolved his issue  We assume he did and moved on.  PM him and ask.
It's sort of bad forum etiquette to just disappear without marking the thread "solved"  
And one of our goals is so a solved thread will also show on google and help many others out there.   

Ha ha, I see was me helping him and it was me who wandered off. Such it is with forums.