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Error opening existing project

John-André | Last updated: Apr 27, 2017 07:51AM UTC

When I try to open an existing project after a computer or burp crash, I get the following error message: "An error occurred when starting a project with the selected options. Failed to create Burp project: NullPointerException" I use Burp on OS X El Capitan.

Liam, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Apr 27, 2017 08:10AM UTC

Hi John Thanks for your message and sorry to hear about this problem. Some questions to help us help you: 1. Were you using Burp inside a VM? 2. Does Burp show any alert about the project file being corrupted when you try to open it? 3. On reopening this project, did Burp report that the project file was corrupted and offer to fix it? 4. Please can you send us your debug ID (at User options / Misc / Performance feedback)?

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