Using Windows 11, new laptop. Downloaded the app, but projects do not show up when trying to open an existing project. I can open them in MS Word. Did I save the files incorrectly the first time? Is there a way to import the Word document into Scrivener?
Your projects are not in the App. They are in a location on the old machine where you put them. Do you have access to the old machine to copy that data across to the new machine?
What do you mean by “don’t show up”?
Of course, they won’t show in any “recent projects” list, them having never been loaded into this install of Scrivener.
If this is what you meant, you need to navigate to them through File/Open, or double click the scrivx file in the project folder, using Windows’ File Explorer. (Only needed the first time.)
… As @rms said, your projects aren’t – and never were – part of Scrivener per se.
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It’s not possible to open a Scrivener project in Word, or vice versa. They are different formats. (Though Scrivener can import Word documents.)
How did you transfer the data from the old machine?
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Perhaps the info on L&L’ FAQ website may help.
https://scrivener.tenderapp.com/help/kb/windows/installing-on-additional-computers