TRIED FOR HOURS

[rted]

I have exhausted all options. Tried for hours, can't restore my rgbeffects.xml file containing all my 58 models info. When I try to load the rgb files I get " An unhandled exception occured. Press "Abort" to termine the program.
This occured after I downloaded the lasted verion .55.

I prefer to catch fish myself not served on a plate but I could use some professional help right now.  Thanks!

[bwinter]

How exactly are you “loading” this file?  I thought it just needed to be placed in your show folder?

[rted]

My show folder is correct but when I select the rgbeffects file it throws me the message: An unhandled exceptions occurred. Press " Abort" to terminate the program"Retry" to exit the program normally and "Ignore" to try and continue.  Selecting any one of those options either shuts xlights or nothing loads.

[rted]

Other helpful info......last night I loaded another xlights  sequence on my laptop with a different show directory and left it open. This morning when I went to the main desktop running version I loaded the newest xlights when completed the latest version xlights loaded last nights laptop xlight sequence. Since then I've been all down hill.

[bwinter]

I’ve never had to select the rgbeffects file.  Where is the option that allows you to select this file?

[rted]

That's what mixing me up. Since updating xlight to latest version this morning when it restarted it opened my laptop version xlights files not my main xlights layout files. I haven't been able to find/restore the main rgbeffects file....soooooo confused because I've been opening all latest rgbeffects  when it gives me that exception window.

[rted]

In additions when i try to open my latest rgbeffects file it gives me the "Sequence Element Mismatch" window telling me the models does not exist in my list of models.........

[bwinter]

Again, I don’t understand why you’re trying to open your rgbeffects file, and you haven’t explained what option (in xlights) you’re using to try to open this file.

[rted]

OK, will try to explain it again....sorry for the confusion. Before downloading the latest xlight version this morning I closed the xlights program on my desktop. I forgot I had another xlights version running on my laptop so when I opened the the new xlight program it loaded up the xlights from my laptop which had a different show directory and different models.
I have been trying to find my main models without success for several hours.....soooooo frustrating.

[bwinter]

You’re clicking Open: RGBEFFECTS?

How/why?

[Gilrock]

You NEVER open the xlights_rgbeffects.xml file yourself that is there for xLights to open.  If you want help you're going to need to get into our Zoom channel or post a video showing how you open xLights and where things go wrong.

[rted]

The way I'm searching is as follows:

Select Layout tab, then select the File-open sequence, in the search tab I enter rgbeffects and all xlight_rgbeffects files open.  Here is where trying to find the rgbeffects file that corresponds to the date and time of my last working sequence. 
However when I open the various rgbeffects files models do not load.

Hope this helps.

[bwinter]

As I’ve been saying from the beginning—you NOT should be opening the rgbeffects file

What instructions led you down this path?

[taybrynn]

rgbeffects is NOT a sequence ... so never try to open it.  You would only be opening *.xml files, which are the sequence files.  The rgbeffects is automatically loaded, but you never select it to be opened.

[rted]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO REPLIED. I have learned the hard way that moving files directories around is a bad thing. Cheers and Merry Christmas to All.