Builder can't switch between Pavlovia Projects

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Hello everybody,

OS (e.g. Win10): WIn10
PsychoPy version (e.g. 1.84.x): v2020.2.10
Standard Standalone? (y/n) y
What are you trying to achieve?: I want take an exisiting experiment in the builder and permantly sync it to a different project on pavlovia

What did you try to make it work?: I tried to use the “New” Command under hte “Pavlovia.org” Tab in the builder, also tried looking for a parameter in the builder file itself

What specifically went wrong when you tried that?: Using the “New” command works initially, however when closing and opening the builder file again, all changes made are discarded and clicking on “sync” syncs back the original Pavlovia project

I am pretty sure this is just something I just can’t figure out how to do: Is there an easy way to do this?
Additional problem: Despite changing the project root, under “details of this project”, the project root also does not persist when closing and opening the builder file.

Many thanks in advance!

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When I want to create a new project similar to one I already have I open the existing experiment and then save as to a new empty folder. Then I press sync to create the new project online.

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That might be it. My process was just copying the folder in Windows, then changing the project. I will try your method, thanks!

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Yeah that actually works, but you got to “Save as”, then close and reopen, than you can set the new root and pavlovia project - not sure if that is super intuitive. Anyway, thank you very much!

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If you copy the folder then you need to delete the hidden .git folder which contains the Pavlovia information.

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…which makes even more sense. Thank you. I will make it a habit to check for hidden folders in windows when things like that come up.