Error on simbiology: Unable to load the project because the project format is not compatible with SimBiology. Error using load.

I have been working on a project for some time, and today I installed the R2024a version of matlab, and continued working on it. I had no issues in the morning or afternoon, but for some reason when I tried to save my changes made today, it returned an error that it could not be saved. So I closed the program to try and get the last version saved before the error. However, when trying to open it again, I now get the following error:

"Unable to load the project. The following error occurred: Unable to load project because the project format is not compatible with Simbiology. The following error occurred: Error using load. File name is empty."

I have no idea of what could have caused it. Is there a way to recover my project?

Answer 1

[Rebeca Hannah Oliveira]

I was able to recover a previous version saved. However, is there a way to avoid the error in the future?

Answer 2

[Priya Moorthy]

Rebeca, I’m sorry that you have encountered this issue. Could you share the project with us so that we can troubleshoot the issue?

Priya

[Rebeca Hannah Oliveira]

Thank you Priya! I certainly can, but through email, if that works for you.

[Priya Moorthy]

Yes! Please send it to me at pmoorthy at mathworks dot com.

Also, we do try to backup sbproj files before save. Please look for *.sbproj.backup or *.sbproj.bak the same directory as your original file. If you remove the .backup or .bak extension, you can open the backup file in the apps.

[Rebeca Hannah Oliveira]

Thank you, Priya! I was able to recover a version using .backup, that was a life saver. Thanks!