# Not able to see existing Projects in Designer, while some do

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-see-existing-projects-in-designer-while-some-do/60594>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-see-existing-projects-in-designer-while-some-do/60594 "2022-06-10T04:46:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![user5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/user5/32/39393_2.png) [@user5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/user5)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-see-existing-projects-in-designer-while-some-do/60594/1 "2022-06-10T04:46:42Z")

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Version: **8.1.10 (b2021090812)**

- Java Version: \* 11.0.11+9-LTS
- Windows Server 2019 | amd64 \* 11.0.11+9-LTS

I stopped ignition  
Deleted all files and folders from projects folder  
Cloned 10 projects  
started ignition  
only 4 visible in designer and ignition perspective client fails to load starting project.

Any idea why?

Example of log for one of the projects that doesn’t show in designer:  
Setting LastModification to “external” on zicamarillofactory/CamarilloFactory/InspectionLine1/InspectionLine1/Big [com.inductiveautomation.perspective/views]

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**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-see-existing-projects-in-designer-while-some-do/60594/2 "2022-06-10T06:10:07Z")

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Because your method is unsupported. Deleting and copying files to projects folder in install dir is not the correct way.  
Take your time and read this [Project Export and Import - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation (inductiveautomation.com)](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Project+Export+and+Import)

Before going the correct way and since you already did a thing like this, try to delete db forder inside data and restart the gateway.

Additional note, you don’t need JDK installed.

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**Author:** ![user5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/user5/32/39393_2.png) [@user5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/user5)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-see-existing-projects-in-designer-while-some-do/60594/3 "2022-06-10T15:28:43Z")

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Thanks Jonathan. Since the projects were the same (just refreshed due to some repo issue), I thought delete and clone would work.

However, with your comment I went and looked at the gateway and found that a simple edit fixed the problem. As you can see the old project was Camel case and new one is all lowercase, and selecting right name fixed it.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/8/f86ddab76470775c9eb432e23234d5c04888723c.png)