# \[BUG-12867\] Perspective view changed to empty folder

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12867-perspective-view-changed-to-empty-folder/22805>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12867-perspective-view-changed-to-empty-folder/22805 "2019-02-22T14:53:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![joe.friedrich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/joe.friedrich/32/7505_2.png) [@joe.friedrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joe.friedrich)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12867-perspective-view-changed-to-empty-folder/22805/4 "2019-02-22T15:00:18Z")

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Mine did this when I

1. Copied JSON to Notepad++
2. Removed the Thumbnail at the bottom which was Tens of Thousands of lines long 😵  
2a. (Because I wanted it to be easier to move around in Notepad++)
3. Copied it back to a test view.

**This also corrupted the project!**  
Here is an example of the errors I started getting on the server:

 ![ProjectExploded](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/2/26c31648fde9e56f868e94e1b29785a5e0b9406a.png)

_Please learn from my example!_ 🤣

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