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Please bear with me, as I am a novice user. I installed 2.18.8, and tried to back up the QGIS project folder; however, when I go to paste it onto the backup drive, I get a dialogue that asks me if I want to paste the QGIS project file without its properties. This gives me pause about going ahead and deleting it from my computer.

Here is a Dropbox link to the entire project folder (you will note there is a lot of data in the folder that is extraneous to what is currently being used on the desktop. Don't worry about that information.

I am trying to use the shapefile "attributes" in the final_shx folder. This is a saved version of a previous shapefile "working_file," which also packed it in. I added the columns, name, substrate, benthic_co, percent_co, habitat_co_, IUCN, materials_, spat/temp, which all disappeared when the file crashed. It crashed when I was using the node tool and editing.

Any advice you can offer is appreciated.

I am attaching a zip file instead, with the implicated files. I am using both aerial imagery and a Google Earth plugin for creating the polygons.

Kathleen Wood wrote:

Please bear with me, as I am a novice user. I installed 2.18.8, and tried to back up the QGIS project folder; however, when I go to paste it onto the backup drive, I get a dialogue that asks me if I want to paste the QGIS project file without its properties. This gives me pause about going ahead and deleting it from my computer.

Here is a Dropbox link to the entire project folder (you will note there is a lot of data in the folder that is extraneous to what is currently being used on the desktop. Don't worry about that information):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/roztkmksustcqzj/AACwQAkLQ7gY-F1mtnM_azjHa?dl=0

I am trying to use the shapefile "attributes" in the final_shx folder. This is a saved version of a previous shapefile "working_file," which also packed it in. I added the columns, name, substrate, benthic_co, percent_co, habitat_co_, IUCN, materials_, spat/temp, which all disappeared when the file crashed. It crashed when I was using the node tool and editing.

Any advice you can offer is appreciated.

you don't have to delete your project or data
but the

c:\users\yourusername\.qgis2

folder

this allows you to start QGIS from a semi-fresh install and thus try exclude problems caused by (example) 3rd party plugins. Make a backup of that folder, so if is not the culprit you can restore it.

Kathleen Wood wrote:

Please bear with me, as I am a novice user. I installed 2.18.8, and tried to back up the QGIS project folder; however, when I go to paste it onto the backup drive, I get a dialogue that asks me if I want to paste the QGIS project file without its properties. This gives me pause about going ahead and deleting it from my computer.

Here is a Dropbox link to the entire project folder (you will note there is a lot of data in the folder that is extraneous to what is currently being used on the desktop. Don't worry about that information):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/roztkmksustcqzj/AACwQAkLQ7gY-F1mtnM_azjHa?dl=0

there is a lot of stuff in this share, possibly a lot you don't want to share at all. Can you make a ZIP file with the project and data only? Thanks.

Kathleen Wood wrote:

Here is the zip file. Let me know if there is something missing in this folder that you need. These are the shape files I am using and having trouble with (except the waypoints files which continue to work, but I am now afraid to touch them).

there is something fishy in the data you sent in this zip file.

"attributes" has part of the files that have a "_packed" int the name while others don't, same for "working_file".
I removed "_packed" from that names, in order to get the shapefiles file names correct, added to qgis and can edit them with no issues.