Project Doesn't Load Audio Files

What format was the project saved in? .CWP?

Yes, Dave ... the file in question is a .cwp file.

Johnny -- the .cwp file and the audio data are in the same master folder. Is there another cwp file in w/ the audio data? I'm not certain what you meant.


Thanks!

Kev-

I just recently did a re install of XP that cleared out all the ghosts from mucking around with drivers. Cakewalk puts everything in the Cakewalks Project folder. If you copy that to a back up drive everything should be in there. Unless you have used the "file" option in Global to change a pathway.
I had been recording using a partition of my 500 gig drive so had directed audio there ( drive E ) I was informed that a partition will not do you any good. so when I re installed OS I deleted the partition. Once done I transferred all the files into drive C Cakewalk folder. If I tried to open project from with in sonar it didnt work, The files were there but the pathways were probably looking for drive E. To get them back all I did was go to the folder with Explorer  open the file by double clicking the cwp icon from within the folder. I think you have a similar problem with missing pathway info.

Just ran a "Clean Audio Folder" ... and yep, Sonar believes the files are no longer connected to a Cakewalk project.

How do I fix that?

K-

Are you sure you have your audio files? They will be in the audio folder within the song project file and they will be named Wave files. The cwp sits outside the audio folder. At least on mine thats the way they are. 

Ok just so you might have a better idea.
The file structure should look like this.
Drive C
_______Cakewalk Projects
________________________Audio Data
 in here you will find your cwb or cwp icons and another audio folder which will have your Wave files/ all of mine are named after the song  example - Bluegoo, Audio 1, rec 2   so it's a no brainer to see what belongs to each song. I try to name my tracks and it will show as Bluegoo, Bass, rec 3
You can also create your own folders per each song and then within that folder the Audio folder will only contain waves for that song. Thats the way I do it now. Cakewalk automatically creates an audio folder within your created folders the minute you hit record ( audio)
It will also depend on how you set up a fresh song. If you use templates make sure you do a save as the first time, this will give you the option to make a new folder, name the song, and pick the cwp or cwb options.
  So try creating an audio folder and putting the tracks in it then click your song icon.

Ever get this figured out Kevin? I have the same problem, project opens but no audio files load, they do exist within the cakewalk projects/audio, and yes they do play. System acted weird before this happened, could not create punch in or loop points, and when recording (punching manually) only did sound on sound, new didn't replace old as it was supposed to.